From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 6 11:32: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3A2150E3 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:31:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA05822; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:31:38 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: janus.syracuse.net: green owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:31:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Chris Costello Cc: Doug , Alex Zepeda , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script In-Reply-To: <19990706132455.E4158@holly.dyndns.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 1999, Doug wrote: > > I'm confused about this script. How does it differ from 'apropos'? > > It differs in that it _uses_ apropos (or 'whatis' if you > specify the -e flag), as well as a Texinfo search, as well as a > FAQ search, using the FAQ pages at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/. > It's meant to be an information center for those just getting > started with FreeBSD. RTFM isn't a newby-apparent term. Name it help(1). > > > Doug > > -- > Chris Costello > It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your child processes are? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message