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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Herb Martin <HerbM AT learnquick DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8 -- Apropos  still troublesome
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Herb Martin wrote:

> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT XXXXXX DOT XXX] On Behalf Of Eric Blake

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.

> man hash and info hash are both worthless (except to admit that "hash"
> is exists, i.e., is a built-in.

"type hash" should say that it's a builtin as well.  "help hash" is what
you want ("help" is a bash builtin for showing information about builtins.
IMO, your bash book is pretty worthless if it doesn't show you *that*.

> hash --help is nearly as bad, unless perhaps you already know how it
> works and just need the switch letter.

You should read the output more carefully.  It says "--: invalid option",
and then displays the general usage message.
	Igor
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