On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 11:50 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:03:18 -0400 CentOS mailing list <
> centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:HA! You only really need to learn *one*
> command: the man command.
> The man
> provides 'enlightenment' for all other commands:
> man vgdisplay
> man lvdisplay
> man lvcreate
> man lvextend
> man lvresize
> man lvreduce
> man lvremove
> man e2fsck
> man resize2fs
>
> These are the only LVM commands I use regularly (yes there a a pile
> more, but most are rarely used and a handful only used in
> startup/shutdown scripts or when rescuing)
There may be numerous commands... but isn't it pretty obvious what each
one of them do? Often lv<tab><tab> is plenty of hinting to get to the
right thing. And each of the commands uses the same syntax for
options.
>>spotty coverage of up-to-date documentation. Google can be a
>>dangerous guide given the wide variation of practice across
>>differing..
Yes, exactly. DO NOT USE GOOGLE - USE THE &^@&$^* DOCUMENTATION!
> Right, expecting a *web search* to give *correct* command
> documentation is problematical. Using the local system man pages
> often works better, since the man pages installed with the installed
> utilities will cover the *installed* version and not the version that
> might be installed on a *different*
+1
>>If you want to get infrequently performed sysadmin tasks done
>>reliably and with a minimum of fuss use something like Webmin and
>>get on with the rest of your life.
And take notes! You are sitting at a computer after all.
--
Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA
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