On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Michael G Phillips <mich...@sv-kayla.org>wrote:
> > And I find "cp" terribly confusing - to a neophyte does it stand for > > copy, or compare, or compress (as in disk reorganization). It might make > > more sense if I could assign an alias of COPY to it. > well...actually you can do that, quite easily: > alias COPY=cp > > I "cut my teeth" on DOS rel 26 many years ago as an operator. We had that > typical (back then) rack of manuals at the console to "figure out any > problem"... I quickly realized I'd never remember it all, but if I could > just remember where to start looking, I could probably find the answer... > some day. > > In the Linux/Unix/AIX world it ain't much better but at least there's the > wonderful 'man page's - great if you know what command you want to get > details on but useless if don't. > On most Linux systems, the "apropos" command does a keyword search for possible matching man pages. > > Now working with large mainframe software migrations to various mid-range > systems, I have found a 'true friend' in Google... :) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
