Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Gregory Sutter wrote: > > On 2003-06-18 18:04 -0700, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well I'm sitting here typing "date" over and over but she doesn't appear. :) > > *lament* None of my fellow nerds have quite the sense of humour I expected!
I suspect it's actually *you* who has less than the sense of humour you expected. Also, please remember that English is not the native tongue of many people here... > > I'd also like to help you find things on your system more easily. > > I suspect you don't know about the 'apropos' command (aka 'man -k'), > > which shows you short descriptions of system commands relevant to > > keywords you give it. In your example, 'apropos timezone' includes > > the correct results. Apropos isn't the greatest search tool ever > > but it usually gives you what you need if you search for the base(s) > > of your search needs. 'apropos zone' shows a small (usable) list, > > and even 'apropos time' works if you want to sort through a bunch > > of results. > > Yeah yeah yeah . . . I gave up after running `man timezone` and being told > about C functions that parts of the compiled OS use *smiles* You obviously *didn't* try "apropos timezone". > Does locate offer real-world "manpage examples" (which are badly-needed)? No. However, your patches will probably be enthusiastically accepted. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"