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From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc: Rusty <irisinc@gci.net>,
	"questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Where are the HOWTO's?
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On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 08:32:06AM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> On Thu 1999-09-16 (19:23), Rusty wrote:
> > Problem #1  Online handbook assumes you know where certain files are
> > located and does not give paths to said files.  The handbook also refers
> > you to man pages.  Wonderful!  Put down handbook; lookup man page.  Try
> > to remember what in the hell it was you were looking for in the first
> > place and also does it really matter any more.
> 
> Where are these?  The FreeBSD Documentation Project probably really
> wants to know.  doc@FreeBSD.org is a good place to send specific
> problems to.

	The man pages should have full pathnames under the
	^FILES header.

	Otherwise, this is a good data-point.


> 
> > Has anybody written HOWTO's for this stuff?  If so where are they
> > located?
> 
> A good place to look for extra stuff are sites like:
> 
> http://www.daemonnews.org/
> http://www.freebsdzine.org/
> I've forgotten the rest, I'm sure someone else can fill some more in.
> 
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil Blakey-Milner
> nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za
> 

	In the December AnswerMan column (daemonnews.org) we're 
	planning to list all the tutorials from past `Help, I've Fallen'
	columns and summarize all known sites for this type of 
	information.  

	Help is out there, here and elsewhere.  Getting to it should
	be easier.

	gary


> 


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