On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote:
> 
> > John Summerfield writes:
> >  > On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote:
> >  > 
> >  > > 
> >  > > Aw, come on, man!  RTFM!  I covered this in great detail; you should take the
> >  > 
> >  > Well I for one don't know which frigging document you're talking about.
> > 
> > I guess README.linux *could* be named more obviously :-)
> 
> 
> RTFM means manpage -- a README file is not a manpage. Plus, isn't it
> conceivable that with so many docs, someone could miss something?
 
the M means Manual. The same term is used in other circles where manpages
are unheard of. More loosely it refers to any documentation and I for one
DO read it. The only README in the package I mentioned refers to Windows
and Solaris.

Cheers
John Summerfield
http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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