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Re: info: dir: No such file or directory
- To: "R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be>
- Subject: Re: info: dir: No such file or directory
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:29:26 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, R. Hickling wrote:
> When I type 'info <anything>' I just get
>
> info: dir: No such file or directory
>
> Do I need an environment variable or something?
>
Info needs a directory to look up the various info pages installed and to
give you a choice. I'm attaching a info dir file which you can put in
one of the standard places where info searches for dir (or use INFOPATH
environment variable or use ``--directory <DIR>'' argument):
/usr/local/info
/usr/info
/usr/local/lib/info
/usr/lib/info
/usr/local/gnu/info
/usr/local/gnu/lib/info
/usr/gnu/info
/usr/gnu/lib/info
/opt/gnu/info
/usr/share/info
/usr/share/lib/info
/usr/local/share/info
/usr/local/share/lib/info
/usr/gnu/lib/emacs/info
/usr/local/gnu/lib/emacs/info
/usr/local/lib/emacs/info
/usr/local/emacs/info
.
You'll need to uncompress the dir.gz before putting it in one of the
above directories (gunzip -v dir.gz).
http://www.delorie.com/ for on-line docs of GNU programs such as info.
Regards,
Mumit
Sample info dir file (gzip'd)
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