diff -ruN -ruN man-1.5k/src/man.c man-1.5k-new/src/man.c
--- man-1.5k/src/man.c	2002-07-17 14:33:20.000000000 -0700
+++ man-1.5k-new/src/man.c	2003-02-05 15:19:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
 const char *pager;
 char *colon_sep_section_list;
 char *roff_directive;
-char *dohp = 0;
-int do_irix;
+char *dohp   = 0;
+int do_irix  = 0;
+int do_win32 = 0;
 int apropos;
 int whatis;
 int nocats;			/* set by -c option: do not use cat page */
@@ -1007,6 +1008,8 @@
 	  flags |= DO_HP;
      if (do_irix)
 	  flags |= DO_IRIX;
+     if (do_win32)
+          flags |= DO_WIN32;
 
      mp = manfile(name, section, flags, section_list, mandirlist,
 		  convert_to_cat);
@@ -1169,7 +1172,7 @@
      char *tmp;
      char *section = 0;
 
-#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
      extern int optind;
 #endif
 
@@ -1214,6 +1217,11 @@
      if (getenv("MAN_IRIX_CATNAMES"))
 	  do_irix = 1;
 
+     /* Handle lack of ':' in NTFS file names */
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+     do_win32 = 1;
+#endif
+
      progname = mkprogname (argv[0]);
 
      get_permissions ();
diff -ruN -ruN man-1.5k/src/manfile.c man-1.5k-new/src/manfile.c
--- man-1.5k/src/manfile.c	2002-07-17 14:41:30.000000000 -0700
+++ man-1.5k-new/src/manfile.c	2003-02-05 15:22:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -241,16 +241,28 @@
  * Only types (man, cat, scat) permitted in FLAGS are allowed.
  */
 struct manpage *
-manfile(const char *name, const char *section, int flags,
+manfile(const char *name_, const char *section, int flags,
         char **sectionlist, char **manpath,
 	const char *((*tocat)(const char *man_filename, const char *ext,
 			      int flags))) {
      char **sl;
      struct manpage *res;
+     char *name = strncpy(malloc(strlen(name_)+1), name_, strlen(name_)+1);
 
      standards = (flags & (FHS | FSSTND | DO_HP | DO_IRIX));
      to_cat_filename = tocat;
 
+     if (flags & DO_WIN32) { /* Convert : sequences to a ? */
+	  char* where;
+	  while ((where = strchr(name, ':')) != NULL) {
+	      char* pos = where+1;
+	      *where++  = '?';
+	      while (*where == ':')  { where++; }
+	      while (*where != '\0') { *pos++ = *where++; }
+	      *pos = '\0';
+	  }
+     }
+
      if (!name || !manpath)	/* error msg? */
 	  res = 0;
      else if (section)
@@ -263,5 +275,8 @@
 		    break;
 	  }
      }
+
+     free(name);
+
      return res;
 }
diff -ruN -ruN man-1.5k/src/manfile.h man-1.5k-new/src/manfile.h
--- man-1.5k/src/manfile.h	2002-07-17 13:47:05.000000000 -0700
+++ man-1.5k-new/src/manfile.h	2003-02-05 14:30:27.000000000 -0800
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 /* IRIX has a peculiar cat page naming */
 #define DO_IRIX		256	/* cat page ls.z, not ls.1.z */
 
+/* WIN32 NTFS does not allow ':' in file names */
+#define DO_WIN32	512	/* convert : sequences to one ? */
+
 extern struct manpage *
 manfile(const char *name, const char *section, int flags,
         char **sectionlist, char **manpath,