On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 03:14:48PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 11:46:54AM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote: > > wow, what a great explanation! (after reading the initial posting, > > i wondered what does /dev/null do? (which was the question i was > > going to post.) then i read man "null," and thought, "okay, that's > > what 'null' does." then i came to mr. trillich's post and really > > learned a few things. ) > > > > sir, if if you're a "second-iteration newbie," i can't imagine what > > "guru-dome" must be. > > > > ...well done. > > <blush>gosh!</blush> > > i'm getting kudos only because i lit a match in a dark room. my > explanation was a bit scatter-shot, at best. someone with a flashlight > or a 4-horsepower generator could really help out in these situations. > > i wish[+] the documentation were a bit[*] more consistent in providing > not merely the mechanics of HOW to run thus-and-such or use > file-for-example, but also WHY you'd want to and what it'll do for > you, with examples showing a significant range of applications!
While free docs with good examples are very desireable, there's also the call for just plain good docs. I started working out a bunch of the (then) Unixy stuff with O'Reilly's _UNIX Power Tools_. It's still a great book. A second is Kernighan and Pike's _The UNIX Programming Environment_, which despite great age (16 years) and many changes to the system (some approaching fundamental), gets at the heart of the UNIX *philosophy* -- something Microsoft never heard of. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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