On Sunday 01 January 2017 14:46:30 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > I cannot recall ever seeing a more complete information about > > anything I ever looked up, telling me something that wasn't in the > > man page. > > Compare > man ls > and > info ls > > The chapter of ls in coreutils.info is much longer than the man page. > It gives some background information for the options which are grouped > by * Which files are listed:: > * What information is listed:: > * Sorting the output:: > * Details about version sort:: > * General output formatting:: > * Formatting file timestamps:: > * Formatting the file names::
I believe that is all in my man page on ls, its quite lengthy here on this wheezy system. If not, then its the exception that proves the rule. > That's central GNU homeland, of course. The situation in other regions > of GNU/Linux varies heavily. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
