Chris But that is the right way to handle this
because it is correct to give pointers like read grep or something like that but writing a whole script is a no-no On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Chris Miller > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't give thanks in advance: > >> > >> > >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#courtesy<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#courtesy> > > > > That's not quite what is written: > > > > <quote> > > Some hackers feel this connotes an intention not to thank anybody > > afterwards. Our recommendation is to either say “Thanks in advance” > > first and thank respondents afterwards, or express courtesy in a > > different way, such as by saying “Thanks for your attention” or > > “Thanks for your consideration”.) > > </quote> > > > > Note "Some hackers", not all. "Some hackers" are socially maladroit > > and gauche. "Some" don't bathe. So, one might want to take their > > social advice about courtesy with a hefty grain of salt (or Purell). > > I made that snippet as a canned response a year or so ago. I think it > changed in that time. > > Just me and my collection of stale links, nothing to see here. Move along. > :) > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's the shorthand way of saying "Get outta here, kid". > > > > It actually means "Read the freaking manual", meaning that the answers > > sought can be found in the program's general documentation. Since it's > > considered good etiquette to make a good faith effort to find your own > > answers before asking a user's group, many hackers feel self righteous > > and say 'RTFM' whenever the answer is already documented someplace. > > > > While this attitude may be fitting on occasion, I think it's generally > > more inflammatory than helpful. Pointing the user to the documentation > > (maybe with a quick note on how you found the answer) is more > > constructive. > > If you're new to shell scripting it isn't obvious. There's nothing > about the name "grep" which (to me) says "find stuff in text." > > So I basically tossed a few command names at you and now I expect you > to make use of documentation to figure out how to pass them the > correct arguments, etc. to create the proper script (and toss that in > cron or what have you). > > So I guess mine was kind of more like "Read THIS Freaking Manual" than > anything else. > > The OP smelled rather like a homework question though, which triggered > my intensely primal snobbery. > > -- > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
