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Date:      Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:47:00 -0400
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To:        "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>, Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 'rtfm' script
Message-ID:  <19990706164700.D59236@mad>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907061451200.4140-100000@janus.syracuse.net>; from Brian F. Feldman on Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:52:08PM -0400
References:  <19990706134739.G4158@holly.dyndns.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907061451200.4140-100000@janus.syracuse.net>

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On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:52:08PM -0400, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 6, 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
> > > RTFM isn't a newby-apparent term. Name it help(1).
> > 
> >    That would cause problems with bash users.  They already have
> > a builtin help command.
> 
> Which can be disabled in the bash port before the next release...

Ugh.  No.  Objection on the grounds of "create more problems than it
solves".  We've already seen enough confusion from builtins such as
time(1) having conflicting names.


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