Re: FW: bash scripting
I understand Michael's frustration at having to answer the same questions 500 times. Maybe a big bold link on the Debian home page that says Have a question? Look here first which takes the user directly to the search input box on the mail archive search engine? How about a .signature which points to a page which gives newbie info including; how to unsubscribe, guidelines/etiquette for posting, what to do before posting, answers to other questions people are tired of hearing, how to use the archives' search engine. This could be similar to the old mail -s unsubscribe... sig that used to appear at the bottom of mail from debian-user, but more intelligable to a newbie since mail -s unsubscribe... assumed knowledge of the command-line mail utility, and that the newbie was on a *nix system, whereas many newbies are still sending mail from their winbox or MAC while setting up their Debian systems. --D P.S. If Michael is frustrated in repeating his answers, he is certainly free to ignore any post (and, perhaps let someone else take a shot at it). This is better (IMO) than berating someone who is trying to learn something. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
FW: bash scripting
-Original Message- From: Michael Talbot-Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 4:54 AM To: Ben Lutgens Cc: debian user list Subject: Re: bash scripting It is bad netiquette to paste part of the man page, because it creates traffic delivering something that the recipient already has. And no-one owes the newbie that kind of favor. He can cut from the man page himself. He has it, and he can do it. The rest of us are busy people and life is running out. Sorry to butt in. I'm a Linux newbie, and have not yet been flamed for asking questions because I have the patience to read pages upon pages of documentation. I can sympathize with someone who has a question but would rather not study a 500 page manual for the answer, particularly if someone else can spit out the answer in 5 seconds. Just because someone is a Linux expert doesn't mean their time is more valuable than the newbie's. Some Linux newbies are tenured professors. They are busy people, and life is running out. Speaking for myself, I *don't* already have the man pages. I have the base kernel installed, but have run into complications installing the rest of Debian, which (I presume) contains the man command. Thanks to the folks on this list who have sent helpful suggestions. Jeff J
