On 02/11/14 13:18, Carl Fink wrote: > When I wanted the options for umask, I typed 'man umask' and got the man > page for it as a C header diretive? (I'm not a C programmer, but it seemed > to be for C header files and came from section 2.) > > This is darn confusing for a new user.
Agreed (also that umask is). https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/umask > I have been around long enough > (slink) that I quickly realized it must be a Bash builtin and found that man > page, but how would a beginner know that? Surely a symbolic link could be > set up for umask as well as the others (bg, eval, fg, read, etc.)? > > Should I file this as a bug against Sid? I know there's no chance it will > make it into Wheezy. > man pam_umask Ref:- man -k umask Kind regards -- "Turns out you can't back a winner in the Gish Gallop" ~ disappointed punter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5455a1dc.4080...@gmail.com