[TUHS] Re: On computerese

Henry Bent wrote in <CAEdTPBeK4HOjuiqJPtpneqrDj0CF3=5=jv5aOPjYPBisDkPmyg(a)mail.gmail.com>: |On Mon, 30 Sept 2024 at 14:08, Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote: |> This makes me wonder when the `apropos` command was introduced; surely |> the name was also somewhat of an obscure joke ("what is apropos of |> listing a directory?" is not exactly the phrase that springs |> immediately to mind when wondering how to list a directory). |> | |Looks like it was introduced in 2BSD, written by Bill Joy, though the |4.4BSD manpage claims that it was introduced in 3BSD. Neither the BSD |source nor manpage are particularly enlightening about the choice of name. "a pro position" maybe. (Having said that #?0|kent:linux$ apropos 'directory list' CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY (3) - ask for names only in a directory listing vs #?0|kent:linux$ apropos 'list directory' dir (1) - list directory contents ls (1) - list directory contents ls (1p) - list directory contents vdir (1) - list directory contents vs #?0|kent:linux$ apropos -a list directory chacl (1) - change the access control list of a file or directory CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY (3) - ask for names only in a directory listing dir (1) - list directory contents ls (1) - list directory contents ls (1p) - list directory contents vdir (1) - list directory contents vs #?0|kent:linux$ apropos -a directory list ..same.. needs a "pro user" from the start; AI would instead and additionally clean your back i would assume. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)