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diff --git a/doc/USERDOC b/doc/USERDOC index 0eec24b4..d1da64e1 100644 --- a/doc/USERDOC +++ b/doc/USERDOC @@ -18,24 +18,27 @@ so you can use the current manual with old Netpbm code. INSTALLING A LOCAL COPY OF DOCUMENTATION ---------------------------------------- -If accessing the manual on the World Wide Web is not convenient for -you (for example, if you want to access it from a computer that is not -always connected to the Internet), just make a local copy of the web -site files. An obvious way to do that is just to copy the web site -with GNU Wget: +If accessing the manual on the World Wide Web is not convenient for you (for +example, if you want to access it from a computer that is not always connected +to the Internet), just make a local copy of the HTML files. - wget --recursive --relative http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ - -However, a somewhat cleaner way is to get the files from the -Subversion repository using the Subversion client program 'svn': +You can get the files from the Subversion repository using the Subversion +client program 'svn': - URL=https://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/netpbm/userguide + URL=https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/userguide svn export $URL This creates a directory "userguide" in your current directory containing all the same files that are on the web site. +An apparent alternative is just to copy the web site with something like GNU +Wget. However, the Sourceforge web server has limitations on how much you can +download. In a February 2012 experiment, Sourceforge started refusing HTTP +requests (with an Internal Server Error indication and a message saying there +had been too many requests) before all the files could be fetched. + + GETTING COMMAND HELP WITH A "MAN" COMMAND ----------------------------------------- |