For My Edification

Daniel Staal DStaal at usa.net
Tue May 3 11:33:00 UTC 2011


--As of May 3, 2011 9:46:04 AM +0200, Polytropon is alleged to have said:

> I would like to add the excellent manpages of the system.
> Unlike many Linusi, those manpages are kept current by the
> FreeBSD operating system developers and their documentation
> assistants. So whenever you're not fully sure about something,
> use "man <something". This applies to commands, configuration
> files, kernel interfaces, library calls and maintenance
> procedures. *Everything* is well documented. And you don't
> even need Internet access to get that information, as the
> manpage doesn't direct you to some arbitrary Wiki on the
> web. :-)

--As for the rest, it is mine.

And, vice-versa, you don't need a FreeBSD box to read them, if you have the 
web: They are all posted online at <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi> for 
you to read.

Daniel T. Staal

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