Dan <d...@nnnne-o-o-o.com> writes: > To me >> >>> wiz# man /usr/lib/libform.so.6.0 > > returns a screen of binary data..
Correct. I don't understand why you expect it not to do that. You are calling man(1) and feeding it an absolute filename, so it is doing its best to do what you asked. It is not man's fault that you pointed it at binary file. What *do* you expect it to do in this circumstance?