Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:16:59 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script Message-ID: <19990705201658.G97224@holly.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <19990706125822.A26646@patho.gen.nz>; from Joe Abley on Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:58:22PM %2B1200 References: <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org> <19990706125822.A26646@patho.gen.nz>
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On Mon, Jul 5, 1999, Joe Abley wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 05:11:57AM -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > > I've been encountering people recently who, for one reason or > > another, are unable to find information for themselves when they > > have a question on FreeBSD. > > > > I propose an rtfm(1) command, and I've got some Perl code that > > works. If people are interested, I will continue with it, and > > write a man page. > > > > The source is attached. > > It would be good if you could use fetch(1) instead of forming the > HTTP request yourself. That way people who already have fetch working > through proxies don't have to modify anything to use rtfm. > > Is there a particular reason you're writing it in perl? Mostly regexp and such. If I can figure out how to use the regexp code for C, I'd probably rewrite it. > > > Joe -- Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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