Sorry I asked! :-)
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Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California
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Raja R Harinath writes:
> locatedb(5) has the following:
> ...
> ...
Ok. IMHO it should be mentioned in updatedb(1L) since updatedb calls it,
but that's nitpicking. At least it is documented, and updatedb itself
provides a usage example.
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Philippe Troin writes:
> Do you also want every package to document why every file it installs is
> there, and its meaning ? [[[BIG SMILEY :-) ]]].
Yes (no smiley). Readable files such as configuration files and shell
scripts can be largely self-documenting, but yes, I think every file should
be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I wrote:
> > But why is it undocumented?
>
> Philippe Troin writes:
> > This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely
> > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented.
>
> Not a good reason. It should be documented somewhere, eve
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
> > > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented.
Perhaps it could be used for other purposes, By us non-gurus...
or gurus-to-be.
> Do you also want every package to document why every file it installs is
> there, and its meaning ? [[
On 21 Mar 1997 18:31:00 CST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wrote:
> > But why is it undocumented?
>
> Philippe Troin writes:
> > This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely
> > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented.
>
> Not a good reason. It should
I wrote:
> But why is it undocumented?
Philippe Troin writes:
> This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely
> you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented.
Not a good reason. It should be documented somewhere, even if only with a
line or two in the update
On 21 Mar 1997 14:48:27 CST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Phil. writes:
> > This command is used by updatedb to compress the locate database.
> > Don't worry about it :-)
>
> > You could have done:
> > $ dpkg -S frcode
> > findutils: /usr/lib/locate/frcode
>
> But why is it undocumented?
Phil. writes:
> This command is used by updatedb to compress the locate database.
> Don't worry about it :-)
> You could have done:
> $ dpkg -S frcode
> findutils: /usr/lib/locate/frcode
But why is it undocumented?
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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997 06:46:22 PST Ken Gaugler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Walked up to my machine to find the disks crunching merrily along,
> so did a ps and found that updatedb was running; no problem. But
> I also saw this entry:
>
> 398 ? S 0:00 frcode
This command is used by upd
Walked up to my machine to find the disks crunching merrily along,
so did a ps and found that updatedb was running; no problem. But
I also saw this entry:
398 ? S 0:00 frcode
Can anyone tell me what that is? There is no man page for it.
Thanks!
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