On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 08:37:17AM +1100, Dave Horsfall <d...@horsfall.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021, Bill Cole wrote: > > > > Where are all these obscure commands documented? > > > > /usr/share/man/man1/ and /usr/share/man/man8/ mostly... > > Perhaps I should've expressed it better :-) > > I've found all sorts of obscure commands (such as "security" and the > aforementioned "mdutil") mentioned on this list; now, how am I supposed to > know that they existed in the first place? I cannot find any sign of an > admin guide, and this 2nd-hand MacPro did not come with media. > > It seems that I have to look at all the manfiles and wonder what they do... > > > FWIW, 'apropos spotlight' will tell you that mdutil and mddiagnose > > exist. > > Sure, but my query was more of a general nature. > > -- Dave That's a good question. I have no idea either. I came across the "security" tool as a result of searching how to deal with the expired certificate (i.e. cargo culting). I did get an O'Reilly book once called "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" but never got around to reading it. There's also: Mac OS X For Unix Geeks, 4th Edition (2008) MAC OS X UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for the Mac OS X (2009) Learning Unix for OS X, 2nd Edition (2016) Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal, 3rd Edition (2021) I have no idea what they cover. cheers, raf