From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 6 14:46: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from leap.innerx.net (leap.innerx.net [38.179.176.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8880D14CE6; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:46:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ip145.houston3.tx.pub-ip.psi.net [38.12.169.145]) by leap.innerx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6CC3707B; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:45:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA34854; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:44:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:44:50 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Doug Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" , Alex Zepeda , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script Message-ID: <19990706164450.M4158@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug on Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:42:28PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 6, 1999, Doug wrote: > Honestly, while this is one of those things that sounds good when > you first start talking about it, in practice I don't see what we gain > from it. What we gain from it is really simple and can be obtained from looking at how it operates. It's a starting point for newbies looking for information. Often, people will say "rtfm" when someone asks for help on something that's pretty well documented. I've known many a newbie to try and see if an rtfm command exists. -- Chris Costello If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message