Felix Miata said the following on 11/20/2012 10:39 AM:
And all to often the answer really is RTFM. The simple answer is that the OP didn't pay attention to what was in the MAN page
I can pay all the attention I want and still not understand. My brain more often than not requires example to bring understanding, meaning or context to terse text. Most man page readings for me are utter failures. I'm sure I'm hardly the only one whose brain is like this.
Indeed, and I agree. I am often faced with the same. But that doesn't invalidate my point about manual pages vs 'how-to' documents. I earlier gave the example of technical blueprints vs a user manual. At no time have I said that the 'use manual' or the 'how-to' is not needed or not relevant. But all to often the problem is a RTFM one. Look to what the specification actually is, not to what you think it was. And all to often there is a command that is more relevant that the way the the OP of the thread was trying, and the issue was ignorance of the said command. Hence my advice to use 'apropos' (or 'man -k' of you choose to look it up the MAN page :0) ) -- If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger. Thomas H. Huxley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org