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From:	"Michael Erdely" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: documentation for windows
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2001 14:37:35 -0400
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It may also be worth noting, since you are recommending this for
newbies, that you have to type "/usr/sbin/makewhatis" to create the
whatis database for apropos to be useful. ;-)

-ME

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
[mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] On Behalf Of Steve Jorgensen
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:37 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin. Com (E-mail); cygwin AT cygwin. Com (E-mail)
Subject: RE: documentation for windows


The apropos command may be even more useful to a newby.  I don't
remember 
how long I struggled the first time I wanted to rename a file.  The
apropos 
command searches the man and info pages for a key word, and reports the 
relevant entries.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Joshua Franklin [SMTP:joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com]
Sent:	Monday, July 02, 2001 6:22 AM
To:	will AT siteaboutnothing DOT com; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	re: documentation for windows

If you're really that new to *NIX, you might not
know about the dominant form of documentation--
man pages. Just type 'man [name of command]' for
basic usage info. And, IARC, the BASH manual is
in /usr/doc or somewhere. Try 'find /usr -name "bash*.html"'

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