On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 14:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 19:58 -0400, brainworker@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > In installation chapter we can see: > > > > > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the > > > |/usr/share/zoneinfo/<Zone>/<SubZone>| directories. > > > > > > it's helpful to see the available time zones. To do so, cd to the > > > directory: > > > > > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > > > > > > then type: > > > > > > # ls > > > > Why not type just this ? > > ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > > One string is better than five, and more more obvious, I think. > > > > Then... > > > To list down the contents of that directory. You can do the same to get > > > subzones: > > > > > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe > > > # ls > > > > And why not type just ? > > ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe > > Because cd + ls gives an overview about the structure? > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe > [spinymouse@archlinux Europe]$ ls > Amsterdam Brussels Guernsey Lisbon Minsk Prague > Skopje Vaduz Zaporozhye > Andorra Bucharest Helsinki Ljubljana Monaco Riga > Sofia Vatican Zurich > Athens Budapest Isle_of_Man London Moscow Rome > Stockholm Vienna > Belfast Chisinau Istanbul Luxembourg Nicosia Samara > Tallinn Vilnius > Belgrade Copenhagen Jersey Madrid Oslo San_Marino > Tirane Volgograd > Berlin Dublin Kaliningrad Malta Paris Sarajevo > Tiraspol Warsaw > Bratislava Gibraltar Kiev Mariehamn Podgorica Simferopol > Uzhgorod Zagreb PS: Pardon, the same does ls only, but if you're going the CD steps, it's easier to understand.
