From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 29 17:53:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF7414C0B; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:53:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA20198; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:52:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:52:43 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , dkelly@hiwaay.net, zen@buddhist.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <19990329195243.Y17547@futuresouth.com> References: <199903300137.UAA28595@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199903300137.UAA28595@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from Crist J. Clark on Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 08:37:42PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 08:37:42PM -0500, a little birdie told me that Crist J. Clark remarked > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote, > > David Kelly writes: > > > I never could remember how to spell apropos but could always remember, > > > "man -k". > > > > "apropos" has two characters too many, and the letters are further > > apart on the keyboard than "man -k". No contest. > > But 'apropos' only actually has 5 different characters and 'a'-'s' and > 'o'-'p' are neighboring pairs on the keyboard. 'man -k' has that > really long reach for the '-.' There is a contest. ;P > > (But if you alias 'apropos' to 'apr,' then there really is no > contest. Hehe.) [19:52:15] mortis:~ (ttyp2):{432}% grep apropos .tcshrc alias ? 'apropos' Even easier ;> --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message