From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD03BB84 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:07:32 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap0CAJCWWEjC2fJXfGdsb2JhbACJZIhTAQELBQIECREDnUo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,664,1204498800"; d="scan'208";a="12225489" Received: from anchor-post-37.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.87]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Jun 2008 14:07:31 +0200 Received: from orion.metastack.com ([80.177.38.218]) by anchor-post-37.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) id 1K8wRl-0000gb-NZ for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:07:29 +0000 Received: from countertenor (general-ld-222.t-mobile.co.uk [149.254.200.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by orion.metastack.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m5IBum0H006629 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:56:50 +0100 From: "David Allsopp" To: "OCaml List" References: <4858C3F1.9000009@sun.com> <200806181221.37057.fmonnier@linux-nantes.fr.eu.org> Subject: RE: [Caml-list] A question about the ocaml man page Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:07:11 +0100 Organization: MetaStack Solutions Ltd. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 In-Reply-To: <200806181221.37057.fmonnier@linux-nantes.fr.eu.org> thread-index: AcjRKiIKX5JnlglVQpuYOSOArpTl9QAEIsBA X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 172.16.28.218 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 usr:01 usr:01 camlp:01 foo:01 foo:01 bug:01 mans:98 mans:98 imho:01 caml-list:01 bin:01 bin:01 caml:02 > > I have just installed the ocaml 3.10.2. I noticed there are 35 > > executable files for ocaml generated under /usr/local/bin, but only 15 > > man files for ocaml under /usr/local/man. What about the other > > executable files under /usr/local/bin? For example, there is no man page > > for /usr/local/bin/camlp4 command, how do I know how to use this > > command? Thanks. > > You should prefer the HTML manuals rather than the mans. > The mans are mainly to remind quickly some command line arguments. Totally agree, though it's pretty irritating when you find a command in [/usr/local]/bin, have no idea where it came from[1], and man foo or info foo both come up with nothing! Even if the man page only pointed the reader in the direction of the HTML manual, that would be better than nothing, IMHO. Feature request in the bug tracker, perhaps? David [1] The fact that most, if not all, OCaml commands contain "caml" in them is a good hint in this case, of course!