redhat 5.1 man-nroff problem

[Antonios A. Kavarnos]

Se redhat 5.1:

An exete dokimasei na allajete PAGER environment variable,
8a parathrhsete oti otan kanete man mia entolh, tote to man
trexei ta ejhs px.:

akav       535  0.0  0.8  1744  1076  p1 S    17:48   0:00 -tcsh 
akav       582  0.5  0.3   844   440  p1 S    17:53   0:00 man passwd 
akav       583  0.0  0.4  1160   572  p1 S    17:53   0:00 sh -c (cd /usr/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat /usr/man/man1/passwd.1) | /usr/bin/gtbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc | less) 
akav       584  0.2  0.4  1160   616  p1 S    17:53   0:00 sh -c (cd /usr/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat /usr/man/man1/passwd.1) | /usr/bin/gtbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc | less) 
akav       587  0.2  0.4  1164   572  p1 S    17:53   0:00 /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc 
akav       589  0.5  0.5  1232   640  p1 S    17:53   0:00 grotty 
akav       590  0.5  0.4  1068   524  p1 S    17:53   0:00 less 

Ayto poy me problhmatizei, einai to 'echo -e ".pl 1100i"'
Dhmioyrgei mia ejodo mege8oys 6600 grammvn toylaxiston, dhladh
bgainei kanonika to manual page, alla meta symplhrvnetai me ekatontades
adies grammes mexri na ftasei to mhkos tvn 6600 grammvn?

Giati to man bazei ayto to echo, afoy den xreiazetai?

Ti akribvs kanei h entolh toy roff .pl ? (page length = 1100 inches)?

To problhma bebaia lynetai an balete th '-s' parametro sto less...

Thanks,
	Antonis

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