From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Nov 21 19:58:42 2012
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6EB2677
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:58:42 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com)
Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (mx-out.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.120])
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63AE18FC12
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:58:41 +0000 (UTC)
Received: (from bonomi@localhost)
 by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb1) id qALJxa2u013758
 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:59:36 -0600 (CST)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:59:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Message-Id: <201211211959.qALJxa2u013758@mail.r-bonomi.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: portsnap
In-Reply-To: <loom.20121121T113544-519@post.gmane.org>
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:58:43 -0000


> From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: portsnap
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:43:30 +0000 (UTC)
>
> So, the manual for portsnap(8) is imprecise, actually unfortunate because 
> misleading.

The manual/ manpage for portsnap(8) and its use of 'command' is precise
*and* entirely consistant with roughly 40(!!) years of Unix documentation
history.  (see, for instance, the 'mt' manpage, which existed before
6th Edition Unix.)

And, of course, if one follows/accepts jb's "reasoning", that which follows
the '-c' parameter on a shell invocation is not a command.
nor is that which follows '-exec' on a 'find' invocation.
nor is that which follows the 'exec' command.
`
*snicker*