mandb -p deleting "obsolete" Windows cat directories

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

Am 23.01.2018 um 02:49 schrieb Brian Inglis:

> I was surprised when I looked at the log (attached, with lots of man directory > indexing stripped), that mandb -p decide to scan my C drive and 
perform the

It probably wasn't actually scanning "the C drive" as such, but rather 
the neighboring directories of those listed in your $PATH to discover 
further worthy additions to $MANPATH.  And since %windir% and 
%windir%\System32 are on the default Cygwin $PATH...

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