From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 9 2:37:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5559737B401 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:37:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0124143E6E for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:37:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (c863b5ec8959893a4f09b74b1bde45da@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g999clho019623 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:38:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g999clW0019622 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:38:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:38:47 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help with ln "linking" Please! [attn manpage authors!] Message-ID: <20021009093847.GJ81796@vectors.cx> References: <200210090909.g9999CW2083670@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200210090909.g9999CW2083670@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> (10.09.2002 @ 0209 PST): Oliver Fromme said, in 1.2K: << > Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > ln [-fhinsv] linked_filename [link_filename] > > ln [-fhinsv] linked_filename ... dir_filename > > link existing_filename alternate_filename "linked" should be avoided. this is the exact problem the current documentation has. linked from? linked too? i'd explain it like this: i'd give the synopsis, then an immediate example. i'd LOVE to see a quick sample USEFUL and most common invocation of a short command right there in the synopsis section. i think many such utilities' manpages should do that. ln [-b0rk] link_to [link_from] "% ln file link" makes a link FROM "link" TO "file". -Adam -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message