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Re: [LUG] fgets?

 

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:03:45 -0000
"exetmp03" <exetmp03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The real question is: what made you think fgets was a file, not a
> > function, and what are you actually trying to do?
> >
>
> When I run man (anything) I get
> fgets file missing (from memory at work now)
> and man fails

Sounds like your man cache is borked. No idea how to fix that on an
RPM-based distro but there should be some mandb type command supported.
Type man and then tab - that should show the available commands that
start with 'man' and check out each in turn, via Google if 'man' itself
is not working.

The error is reporting that the fgets function failed because the file
required is missing - it's probably not the requested manpage that's
missing, it's more likely to be one of man's own files in order to
generate such an unfriendly message. i.e. it's an error that only
developers were expected to see - possibly.


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