Re: man 1 eject [Giorgos]

2002-11-07 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-11-06 23:29, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > keramida@gray[16:11]/home/keramida$ man -w eject > > No manual entry for eject > > What does man -w tell you? > > # man -w eject > /usr/local/man/cat1/eject.1.gz (source: /usr/

Re: man 1 eject [DaleCo]

2002-11-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:32:25PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Are we closer to getting to the bottom of this? I don't remember choosing > to install eject manually from my original /stand/sysinstall install. pkg_info -W eject Ceri -- The warriors of my elders have come! To Unsubscribe: se

Re: man 1 eject [DaleCo]

2002-11-06 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, DaleCo Help Desk wrote: > > I don't have an eject manpage in my FreeBSD 5.x installation: > Nor does the FBSD site in -STABLE: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=eject&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.7-stable&format=html What does the above show, no results? >

Re: man 1 eject [Giorgos]

2002-11-06 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Perhaps NetBSD has an eject program as part of the OS, but FreeBSD does not. > > The manpage seems to indicate otherwise: > > HISTORY > >The eject command appeared in FreeBSD 2.X > > FreeBSD 4.6.2 Jul 1, 1996

Re: Manual title standards (was: man 1 eject)

2002-11-06 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's probably a hell of a maintenance load to patch all those ports > and keep them updated. Even for manpages that are part of the base > system the developers are cautious to avoid committing changes that > are trivial and will cause conflicts in

Re: Manual title standards (was: man 1 eject)

2002-11-05 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-11-05 13:02, "Gary W. Swearingen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "DaleCo Help Desk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Peter, what in the *header* of your eject manpage? Generally, > > FBSD's own manpages show up with "FreeBSD System Manager's > > Manual", or "FreeBSD General Commands Manual",

Manual title standards (was: man 1 eject)

2002-11-05 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
"DaleCo Help Desk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter, what in the *header* of your eject > manpage? Generally, FBSD's own man- > pages show up with "FreeBSD System > Manager's Manual", or "FreeBSD General > Commands Manual", etc., etc. Changing the subject, those "FreeBSD ... Manual" strings a

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-05 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-05 16:12:49 +0200: > On 2002-11-05 02:10, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Sue Blake wrote: > > > Peter, I think Greg is saying that there's no man page for eject in > > > FreeBSD, because that program is not part of the operating syste

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-05 Thread DaleCo Help Desk
From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:12 AM Subject: Re: man 1 eject > On 2002-11-05 02:10, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Sue Blake wrote: > > > Peter, I think Greg is sayi

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-05 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-11-05 02:10, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Sue Blake wrote: > > Peter, I think Greg is saying that there's no man page for eject in > > FreeBSD, because that program is not part of the operating system. > > Perhaps NetBSD has an eject program as part of the

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-04 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Sue Blake wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:18:18AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > Hmm. Before we can improve the man page, we have to write it. Are > > > you confusing FreeBSD with NetBSD? > > > Greg > > I don't get it.

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-03 Thread Sue Blake
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:18:18AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > Hmm. Before we can improve the man page, we have to write it. Are > > you confusing FreeBSD with NetBSD? > > Greg > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > I don'

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-03 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Hmm. Before we can improve the man page, we have to write it. Are > you confusing FreeBSD with NetBSD? > Greg > See complete headers for address and phone numbers I don't get it. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 1369

Re: man 1 eject

2002-11-03 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Sunday, 3 November 2002 at 13:39:46 -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > A question and a suggestion to improve the "eject(1)" manpage. > > Question: Why is there no "SEE ALSO" section for a command (if one exists) > to insert the CD tray using the command line? > > Suggestion: The manpage could be c

man 1 eject

2002-11-03 Thread Peter Leftwich
A question and a suggestion to improve the "eject(1)" manpage. Question: Why is there no "SEE ALSO" section for a command (if one exists) to insert the CD tray using the command line? Suggestion: The manpage could be clearer about not accepting the full device path, such as /dev/acd1c, and instea