On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 03:06:01PM -0500, Sean McBride wrote: > On 13 Dec 2021, at 15:46, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > > >On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 03:39:31PM -0500, Sean McBride wrote: > >>The rcctl man page fails to actually describe what the -d and -f flags > >>do. It mentions they exist, but doesn't say more. > > > >If you look at the referenced rc.d(8) manpage, you'll see that they are > >fully explained there. > > Thanks for the reply. Am I alone in feeling that it's pretty odd to look > for the explanation of a command's parameters in a *different* man page? It > was not at all obvious to me, my two colleagues I showed this to before > posting, and I guess it was not clear to that blogger either.
It seems completely logical to me, since the parameters are simply passed through to rc.d. Documenting them in rcctl(8) would just be duplicating text across several manual pages, which is generally avoided. The majority of manual pages reference other manual pages, and in many cases you'll need to read more than one to get all of the information required.
