-----Original Message----- From: John Kasunich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 November 2008 03:28 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] man.pages
Dave Houghton wrote: > Hello everyone > > What are 'man.pages' > man is short for manual. At the command prompt, type "man", followed by the name of a command you want to learn about. You will get the documentation for that command. Using man pages is a much better way to learn Linux than asking people on a mailing list. When you aren't sure about what command might do something, try "apropos" which gives you a list of commands that might be what you want. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apropos "copy files" cp (1) - copy files and directories cpio (1) - copy files to and from archives hcopy (1) - copy files from or to an HFS volume hpcopy (1) - copy files from an HFS+ volume install (1) - copy files and set attributes Next you'd run "man cp" to see if the command 'cp' is really what you want, and how to use it. Regards, John Kasunich Hi John Well, that is really useful. It's a pity I didn't know about these three weeks ago. Tremendous Thanks Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
