Home / ubuntu / Questions / 743388
Accepted
Thufir
Asked: 2016-03-09 01:22:58 +0800 CST

Does skype still have a man page?

  • 772

Skype used to have a man page. Now, I just get:

thufir@mordor:~$ 
thufir@mordor:~$ man skype
No manual entry for skype
See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
thufir@mordor:~$

I installed as per the directions for Ubuntu 15.10. See also:

http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/man-skype/m-p/4321762

command-line

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    No, but for a list of all options one can use with it, skype --help still works:

    Skype 4.3.0.37

Usage: skype [options]
Options:
  --dbpath=<path>       Specify an alternative path to store Skype data files.
                        Default: ~/.Skype
  --resources=<path>    Specify a path where Skype can find its resource files.
                        Default: /usr/share/skype
  --secondary           Start a secondary instance of Skype.
  --disable-api         Disable Skype Public API.
  --callto <nick>
  skype:<nick>?<action>
                        These commands allow Skype links handling.
  --pipelogin           Command line login. "echo username password | skype --pipelogin"
  --version             Display version information and exit.
    • 3