From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 26 10:21: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from po3.glue.umd.edu (po3.glue.umd.edu [128.8.10.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C697E37B422 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:20:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from howardjp@well.com) Received: from z.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:root@z.glue.umd.edu [128.8.10.71]) by po3.glue.umd.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f3QHKn317043; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:20:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from z.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by z.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA03325; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:20:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (howardjp@localhost) by z.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03321; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:20:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: z.glue.umd.edu: howardjp owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:20:49 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard X-Sender: howardjp@z.glue.umd.edu To: David Scheidt Cc: Joseph Mallett , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ln(1) manpage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, David Scheidt wrote: > It's the same binary. The manual page for a binary is supposed to describe > its usage. If its usage changes based on how it's called, that should be > documented. I wouldn't know link(1) existed if it weren't documented in the > ln(1) man page. (I don't think I've ever used it, so that wouldn't really > be a loss.) In some cases -- like tin/rtin(1) -- the correct solution > presents itself by reading the usage section. I don't think it makes sense > to put the same command in the "SEE ALSO" section -- it's for things like > related commands, config files, system and library calls. The way things are handled, with "man link" giving the ln man page is really best. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message