Re: about man page

ZHAO, BING wrote:
> Hi:

Hello,

> what is manpage?

It is the collection of programs and data files that Unix systems use to store
the documentation on the programs and commands that are supplied with the
system. On the command line type 'man' followed by the name of the command to
get information on, for example:

man man


> Where is it locate in cpan?

It is not in cpan.


> to be specific, how do I get to cron manpage?

>From the command line type:

man cron



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