From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 28 10:25:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu (Dorm-36314.RH.UH.EDU [129.7.141.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6561D14FF4 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:25:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wotan@dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu) Received: from localhost (wotan@localhost) by dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA34534; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:21:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from wotan@dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu) Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:21:19 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh Reply-To: jef53313@bayou.uh.edu To: Greg Black Cc: Brendan Kosowski , Patrick Seal , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: grep question In-Reply-To: <19990228085425.7183.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > "FreeBSD isn't evil, they just make > > really crappy manuals." > No, OSF/1 (Digital UNIX *shudder*) makes really drappy manuals, I think largely because their commands at the same time support the BSD options carried over from Ultrix (am I wrong about that?) AND also the xpg4 or whatever it is called, that stuff that TOG requires for UNIX branding. Take a look at their cc man page sometime, makes thegcc man look very straightforward. IMHO, the BSD and FreeBSD man pages are among the best of the Unices I have used. Jonathan Fosburgh Geotechnician Snyder Oil Corporation Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message