Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:44:50 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>, Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script Message-ID: <19990706164450.M4158@holly.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907061439020.8187-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>; from Doug on Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:42:28PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907061725150.8535-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907061439020.8187-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>
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On Tue, Jul 6, 1999, Doug wrote: > Honestly, while this is one of those things that sounds good when > you first start talking about it, in practice I don't see what we gain > from it. What we gain from it is really simple and can be obtained from looking at how it operates. It's a starting point for newbies looking for information. Often, people will say "rtfm" when someone asks for help on something that's pretty well documented. I've known many a newbie to try and see if an rtfm command exists. -- Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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