18 Nov
2018
18 Nov
'18
12:16 a.m.
Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org> wrote:
On 11/15/2018 10:32 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
Indeed, the latter was the point of the famed 2nd volume of the Unix
programmer's manual. The shame is that it was not propogated into
most of the Unix descendants as the man pages were.
Arnold
The Unix manpage format is the epitome of
perfection; they tell you
everything you need to know, and in the right order.?? Frequently I
cannot recall a particular flag (but I know what it does), and it's
right there at the start.
I think man pages make a great reference. But I don't think they are a
good teaching source for someone that doesn't know the material or what
the components are for.