How to read a .man file not on manpath?
UnixManpageUnix Problem Overview
How do I read a .man file that's not on my manpath? I know I had a command for this, but now I don't remember, and I can't find the right switch in the man pages for man.
Unix Solutions
Solution 1 - Unix
You can try to read your file by doing
man path_to_file
as man will treat the given argument as a file if it finds a slash / in it.
For instance
man ./my_test
will open the my_test file, while
man my_test
will look in the standard manual for the given command.
Solution 2 - Unix
If your man page is in a non-standard directory location, you can use:
man -M <path to man directory> mymanpage
You can also use the MANPATH environment variable:
MANPATH=<path to man directory> man mymanpage
If you are looking to format a standalone man page, use nroff:
nroff -man mymanpage.1
Solution 3 - Unix
The option -l, --local-file, as documented in man man
man -l ./doc/mypage.1