I am currently searching for Man Pages in HTML format that are available for download

I need this for my office but here are my issues
the company I work for will not allow linux boxes on the network the will also not allow me to bring documentation in on a USB key so my only option it to download them in HTML format to be viewed on a WinXP system

this is needed so that I and others can have local copies of the man pages for support purposes since the IT nazi's can/will block sites at random I do not want to rely on a specific site online so the only option is to DL a copy and store it locally

any help is greatly appriciated

You are doing support of Linux but aren't allowed to have Linux systems on which to work?

You need to escalate this through your management. You really can't do effective Linux support simply by using man pages. If nothing else you could setup a standalone system or network in your support area so that it doesn't touch the main network but gives you access to systems on which you can test what you're telling your clients.

To answer your question you'd need to find a "web crawler" software that would allow you to download from a given site and use it on yours. We did this a long time ago with some stuff we wanted on site but don't recall which package we used - we did put the results on Windoze XP desktops.

Try this:

http://man.he.net/

But I agree... I don't think you can be efficient in support just with html man ages...

At the worst case, if your IT department doesn't want to have linux boxes in the network (they could have just one, and everyone could ssh (putty, secure ssh) into it), they could install cygwin to your xp boxes... Your manager should do something about this!

The first straightforward solution is: Man pages in Windows Help file format, i.e. chm format can be found at http://onnerby.se/~daniel/chm/.

Alternatively, you can install cygwin on any Windows; I've tested it on both XP and Vista RC1 and completely functional. The cygwin environment is using bash shell or X-windows based on what you choose to install. You can easily access any man pages for the linux program you've installed in it. Moreover, you can even test-run the program itself. For me, I used to run sshd, cvs server or subversion server on Windows XP using it and found it very stable.

I have been working on getting this fixed internally but there is a lot of red tape and hoops to jump thru
problem is I am a very small cog in a massive machine
this has been an ongoing problem for some time and the site director does not seems to be able to just go into IT and smack them in the head with a hammer or something
anyways enough ranting that's not what LQ is here for
thanks for the tips

just an update I was finally given permission to install RHEL4 in VMware as long as it doesn't have access to the corporate network, I am allowed to utilize the proxy for net access tho

man pages are built right in on LQ as well.. http://man.linuxquestions.org/

Would pdf do you instead?
A very basic script, with absolutely no error checking at all:
I like manpages as pdfs

I thank you for the tip

since I was finally allowed to install RHEL4 in VMware I no longer need man pages exported to a format that I can access from Windows

again I thank everyone for the tips they were very useful during my transition into this dept until I finally got the ok for VMware

Congrats on your solution.

If however you still require another approach, you could always leave the linux system at your home and access it remotely from your office using an SSH-client.