From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 14584 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2020 00:18:19 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 6 Apr 2020 00:18:19 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7221C9449B; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:18:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E5294484; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6B32A94484; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta22p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta22p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.86]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18F7A94482 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep22p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200406001743.ELBU22042.viclafep22p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:43 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedruddvgdefvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesmhdttdertderjeenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqecuuefqffgjpeekuefkvffokffogfdprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5E865EB500A4C158 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:42 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0360HePM038335 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0360HdBR038332 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:17:39 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <3A36FF0A-7617-4B26-B4F3-FC183BF9A7FC@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: References: <1jKkMQ-2hN-00@marmaro.de> <854f7b58-9ba0-476f-a7e6-8579f4a8048d@localhost> <1jKlvG-4JB-00@marmaro.de> <3A36FF0A-7617-4B26-B4F3-FC183BF9A7FC@ronnatalie.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1483753691-1863978990-1586132260=:36443" Subject: Re: [TUHS] First book on Unix for general readership X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-1863978990-1586132260=:36443 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Ronald Natalie wrote: > The Lions book wasn’t really published back in the day. It was only > targetted at his students in Australia (though copies leaked out). Leaked out? Apparently it's the most photocopied book in the world! I had the originals but sadly lost them in a house move (along with all issues of AUUGN). > The manuals aren’t really a book (and again, they weren’t really > published as a book) and most of the prose on UNIX was more in the form > of articles than an entire book. I still reckon that the manpage format is perfect at what it does: telling you what you need to know right away without going through various menu levels (and that's not a dig at "info" but just an observation in general). -- Dave --1483753691-1863978990-1586132260=:36443--