From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 5 18:18: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from leap.innerx.net (leap.innerx.net [38.179.176.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4EB1537A for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:18:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ip145.houston3.tx.pub-ip.psi.net [38.12.169.145]) by leap.innerx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E14F3370D5; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:18:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA03020; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:17:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:16:59 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Joe Abley Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script Message-ID: <19990705201658.G97224@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org> <19990706125822.A26646@patho.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i In-Reply-To: <19990706125822.A26646@patho.gen.nz>; from Joe Abley on Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:58:22PM +1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 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