[FADCA] Re: [fpac] Linux documentation via FPAC

[Chuck Hast]

On 7/1/06, Bernard Pidoux <pidoux at ccr.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to share my experiment with a set of new commands in fpac.conf.
>
> For example, I added a MAN command to give users access to documentation
> of Linux commands and applications.
>
> Of course the documentations must be installed on the Linux box.
>
> Here is a partial listing of the Command chapter in fpac.conf :
>
>          NR_netrom = /bin/cat /proc/net/nr
>          NR_NEigh  = /bin/cat /proc/net/nr_neigh
>          NR_NOdes  = /bin/cat /proc/net/nr_nodes
>          MANuals   = /usr/bin/man %1
>          TRace     = connect f6bvp-14 2080175502
> #
>
> To list the documentation (manual) of say nrattach the user will enter
>
> MAN nrattach
>
> at the FPAC prompt.
>

Bernard,
I tried doing something similar but using less to call a file, but I see that
the same thing happens when I tried yours using the man files.

Do this, connect to my node and then connect back to yours (use the
PARis speed connect ) and then pull a long listing, you will see that
it dumps the whole set of pages instead of doing pagination. Brian Lantz
who did TNOS put a hypertext server in TNOS and we used that to serve
up info for the network. We may have to find a light weight hypertext server
and run it, does not need to be a full blown web server just something that
can server up simple pages with information and other data on it.

I had not thought of using the man pages, but I like the idea if we can figure
out why it does not paginate when you connect to a remote node and ask
for a long man page.

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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