Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 06:58:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: thyerm@camtech.net.au Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, hm@hcs.de, imp@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd main.c src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdndebug main.c src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdndecode main.c src/usr.s Message-ID: <48696.930373089@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:11:20 %2B0930." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906260357030.396-100000@localhost>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:11:20 +0930, Matthew Thyer wrote: > A lot of people try -h or -? (with appropriate shell escaping) first > before going for the manual page. Another thing I've seen is people > trying garbage to get a usage string (e.g. date -gfdsa) in the hope > that one of the characters is an invalid option! This is the only thing I like about Solaris -- it teaches you to read manpages on an unfamiliar system before "playing around" with commands (killall, for example). Cioa, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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