On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 00:03 +0100, Jonathan Andrews wrote: > [root@jonspc root]# man rpm |wc > 831 3325 40895 > > 3,325 words, most starting with - or -- That doesn't include rpmbuild, > or any reference what to do when it locks itself ! No wonder linux is > described as to complex ! > > Oh yea and gems like this are common ... Man pages are to be, usually, skimmed so that one gets th gist of them. Then when you need detail, you check the man page with more attention. Memorization will follow with usage... You'd rather it had 30 words with only commands and no explanation of what they do? Now THAT would be a gem (and there are some)... Rui -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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