Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:38:02 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: Phil <phil@philseymour.net>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... Message-ID: <20141028083802.9ccdb71e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <544F42B3.3040600@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> <CA%2BtpaK3SjfiSyvtYsO51c=SrMfFhWT605QiY2SA%2BH9UEv2-BKg@mail.gmail.com> <544E2A68.4040809@ShaneWare.Biz> <934B47FB-14CD-4296-AEA0-C5D2DDDFE79E@philseymour.net> <544F42B3.3040600@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:46:03 +1030, Shane Ambler wrote: > man pages are a great source of info on any command - type in 'man ee' > you can also get web access to man pages at > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi > Many config files also have man pages, try rc.conf loader.conf sysctl.conf Note that FreeBSD has _excellent_ documentation which often is considered superior to what you find on many Linux distributions. System programs, configuration files, kernel interfaces, library functions and maintenance procedures have a man page. If you know how to use the "apropos" and "man" commands, you're ready to go. Those are among the most important skills in the real UNIX world. "Nothing is hidden, nothing is revealed." http://catb.org/esr/writings/unix-koans/mcse.html ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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