Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:36:35 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook URLs : do they change? Message-ID: <19990208193635.A15550@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19990208093028.VOCV678125.mta2-rme@wocker> References: <19990208093028.VOCV678125.mta2-rme@wocker>
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Dan Langille wrote: > Do the handbook URLs change [frequently]? If so, is this a good thing? > > I ask because I often provide a URL into a particular section of the > Handbook. But if the URLs change, this makes it impossible to reference > the Handbook at all. The numeric names like "handbook43.html" may change, but many pages have a link with a more descriptive name. $ cd /usr/doc/handbook $ make FORMATS=html The file "handbook.ln" will then contain a list of the symbolic links that will be created. If there is a descriptive name, you might be better off using that. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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