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Why does “User Contributed Perl Documentation” show up when I look for 'man' pages
When I
man -f <some string>
in addition to the expected Unix man pages, I get a bunch of odd looking entries that all have the header "User Contributed Perl Documentation". For example
man ...
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How do the various configuration files determine MANPATH on Darwin?
On Darwin (12.2.0, OS X 10.8.2, bash 3.2.48(1)) my MANPATH appears to be determined by my PATH rather than by the various configuration files associated with man and the man path, /etc/manpaths, ...
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What is Darwin's 'private' directory for?
Darwin has a private directory that I don't see in the Unix documentation I've found. Is that a Mac-specific directory? What is it for? Is it preserved between system upgrades?
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lpstat and localization under Mac OS X
How to force "lpstat" utility to show output messages in English under localized Mac OS X (version 10.6)?
Example:
lpstat -v
Shows in Dutch:
apparaat voor Samsung_SCX_4300_Series: usb://.....
I ...
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Why does cd // work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
unix, difference between path starting with '/' and '//'
On my Mac OS X Lion box, with Bash:
$ cd //
$ pwd
//
$ ls
Applications System cores ...
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Where can I find a download of Darwin from Apple?
Where can I find a ISO download of Darwin? I downloaded Darwin at one time (even after they stopped releasing the ISOs) off of Apple's website. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the link went. I had ...
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Installing Aqua interface on Darwin
Is is possible to install the Aqua GUI on top of Darwin? I was researching this about a year and a half ago and I don't remember much about what I found out. I also was not the main person in charge ...
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What features does Darwin have that other Unixes don't, or vice versa?
Does Darwin have any features that are specific to it? Do other Unixe(s) have features that Darwin lacks?
