From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id bde18c4f for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:16:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 48036A271C; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:16:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303F5A26F9; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:16:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3B618A26F9; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:16:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE0DA26E7 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:16:07 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id wAHIG7jB025679; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:16:07 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/submit) id wAHIG6gJ025678; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:16:06 GMT From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201811171816.wAHIG6gJ025678@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:16:06 -0700 To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org, gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net References: <201811160003.wAG03mlF139232@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> <7a632484-cdc7-7c59-7077-7a2c752045da@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> In-Reply-To: <7a632484-cdc7-7c59-7077-7a2c752045da@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote: > On 11/15/2018 10:32 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > > 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. 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