Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:01:35 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: [SDBUG] TZ Message-ID: <20030619030135.GP42940@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <20030618213545.U16872@rocket.alienwebshop.com> References: <20030618180212.C50362-100000@Video2Video.Com> <20030619012850.GO42940@klapaucius.zer0.org> <20030618213545.U16872@rocket.alienwebshop.com>
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--hu1ClgjWvfumRnAp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003-06-18 21:40 -0400, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> wrot= e: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Gregory Sutter wrote: > > On 2003-06-18 18:04 -0700, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> = wrote: > > > Well I'm sitting here typing "date" over and over but she doesn't app= ear. :) >=20 > *lament* None of my fellow nerds have quite the sense of humour I expect= ed! find; date; talk; touch; unzip; finger; expand; strip; head; mount; yes; yes; yes; eject; more; sleep; exit =20 > Yeah yeah yeah . . . I gave up after running `man timezone` and being told > about C functions that parts of the compiled OS use *smiles* Well, use the 'See Also' sections of their manpages to track your way toward what you want. timezone-->ctime-->tzset... hmm, there's a missing 'See Also'. I'll see if I can fix up some of the references there to make it easier to find this information. Anyway, man, apropos is apropos here. =20 > "locate" is evil -- I much prefer `find . -iname "*something*" -print` :) Locate is great! You don't have to wait for the disk! =20 > Does locate offer real-world "manpage examples" (which are badly-needed)? locate <string> will find <string> in any filename on the system. How many examples could you need? Greg --=20 Gregory S. Sutter The whole problem with the world is that mailto:gsutter@zer0.org fools and fanatics are always so certain http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ of themselves, and wiser people so full hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net/0x845DFEDD of doubts. --Bertrand Russell --hu1ClgjWvfumRnAp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE+8SePIBUx1YRd/t0RAqInAKCMCNV1Fd1IZw1EzggS6/Z7OEAbPgCcDlUe OBIDmdevxCVF+z0wjAnWVDI= =hJUl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hu1ClgjWvfumRnAp--
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