From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 12 11:27:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4EAC37B41B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc3-card4-0-cust122.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([62.254.251.122] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=exim) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16EF2Y-0003Yf-00; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:27:38 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16EF2P-0000sS-00; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:27:29 +0000 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:27:29 +0000 From: Ceri To: Jan Grant Cc: FBSD Questions Subject: Re: /etc/hosts file ? FBSD doc suck Message-ID: <20011212192729.GA3270@rhadamanth> References: <20011212175225.A14728@cartman.private.techsupport.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i 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 On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 06:06:19PM +0000, Jan Grant wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Ceri wrote: > > > Could you specify _exactly_ which part of the manpage you didn't understand? > > Now, now. Man pages _are_ generally written from a reference point of > view, not a tutorial or background (although there are some excellent > overviews taking shape under section 7). My point is that they can't be fixed unless we know what's wrong with them. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message