speaking of "man prog" I recall Don Kitchen, [one of the BYU CS system programmers years ago] once received a question from a cs student asking about the difference between two particular unix utilities... his response to the poor fellow:
man prog1>prog1.man;man prog2>prog2.man;diff prog1.man prog2.man -matt On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, District Webmaster wrote: > I've compiled a list of rules that I think will help anyone be a good > member of this or any other mailing list. > > 1. Never, EVER, ask a question w/o doing extensive study on the issue > first. We're a superior group here, and our time should never be wasted > by helping the uninitiated. After all, we're not interested in fostering > growth by creating a welcoming and nurturing atmosphere. Sure, somebody > helped us out when we were new and didn't even know how to frame the > question, but that is because we are special -- you are not. At best, > all you'll get is a two-word "man topic" response to your idiot > question. Here's a rule of thumb: don't ask a question unless you > already know the answer. > > 2. Anyone can at any time make an arbitrary rule declaration. Simply by > declaring that a particular habit, custom or trait is rude, that thing > is instantly established as such and any person who does it is a jerk. > You are obligated to know and follow any rule anyone declares -- even, > and especially, those established before you joined the list (violating > arbitrary rules established long before you joined the list is an > especially heinous offense). > > 3. You are expected to psychicly know who is participating on this and > all other mailing lists. You are allowed to listen to multiple lists, > but you may not post the same topic or question to multiple lists if you > think it might annoy anybody else monitoring the same list. Although we > are superior, we have no ability to ignore posts -- Nazi overlords > physically force us to read everything that enters our mailbox, so when > you cross-post, you steal from us precious time. > > 4. Your messages must be formatted to 1980 technology standards. You may > not include any html or rtf attachments or any other kind of document, > even if the document's file format is readable on the vast majority of > operating systems out there. And trim your message lines -- the > recipient shouldn't be required to have bleeding-edge text-wrap > technology just to read your posts. > > Above all, remember -- if another list member is offended, you are > responsible. How we react is not something we are able to control or > choose -- you _FORCE_ us to react; we're only victims here. > > Dave > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
