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prun man pages: cleanup
Remove authors from prun.md, reformat
Remove copy-and-paste errors in pman.md
thomas committed Aug 16, 2021
commit 52b24e5857ac9bb7cd14b4db2f7e830843e1a504
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% PTYPE(1) | Mariux Tools Documentation
% PMAN(1) | Mariux Tools Documentation

NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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**ptype** uses the PATH set in the package wrapper and tries to find a manual page in the package directory.
**pman** uses the PATH set in the package wrapper and tries to find a manual page in the package directory.

EXAMPLES
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The main usage is to run software in a specific version, or to provide a given environment. See **EXAMPLES** below.

There are some advantages over so called 'virtual environments' and the like. Packages are immutable, once installed they never change, thereby increasing the chances that an old program/script will also run in a few years. The packages also
use a standardized call procedure, independent of personal (un-)settings, thus an existing pipeline may be shared between different users.
There are some advantages over so called 'virtual environments' and the like. Packages are immutable, once installed they never change, thereby increasing the chances that an old program/script will also run in a few years. The packages also use a standardized call procedure, independent of personal (un-)settings, thus an existing pipeline may be shared between different users.

The whole 'magic' behind **prun** is, that it transparently sets the PATH variable and possibly LD_LIBRARY_PATH for the actual call without spoiling the default environment.

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See GitHub Issues: <https://github.molgen.mpg.de/mariux64/mxtools>

AUTHORS
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D.Buczek, P.Marquardt, M.Tolzmann

SEE ALSO
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