Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:58:22 +1200 From: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script Message-ID: <19990706125822.A26646@patho.gen.nz> In-Reply-To: <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org>; from Chris Costello on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 05:11:57AM -0500 References: <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 05:11:57AM -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > I've been encountering people recently who, for one reason or > another, are unable to find information for themselves when they > have a question on FreeBSD. > > I propose an rtfm(1) command, and I've got some Perl code that > works. If people are interested, I will continue with it, and > write a man page. > > The source is attached. It would be good if you could use fetch(1) instead of forming the HTTP request yourself. That way people who already have fetch working through proxies don't have to modify anything to use rtfm. Is there a particular reason you're writing it in perl? Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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