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Re: Re[2]: man pages



Well, this kind of curiosity is exactly
the reason I once sat on an honourable
university computer, browsing /bin/ /usr/bin /usr/local/bin
and every other "bin" you can think of, manning commands, and then
trying them out (Did you know AIX has a encoded mail option? :) ).
This will usually flush out all those important commands.

On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jul 1996 23:47:03 +0300 (GMT+0300), Evgeny Stambulchik
> wrote:
> >
> >The problem IS space. Do `df /usr/cat' to verify. Ext2 filesystem
> >reserves some amount of disk space (5% by default) for superuser.  
> 
> Again you were right - thanks.
> 
> But this brings up another question - as a *newbie* (or should I say
> a *lurker*) who has been following this list for several month before
> even installing LINUX, I knew that I must read the documentation
> before I ask what might be silly questions. So even before
> installing, I read (almost from cover to cover) the 1100 page "LINUX
> UNLEASHED" and the Walsh installation guide, and I've read HOWTO's
> where I thought they might apply to whatever I was doing. But in all
> this reading, I didn't come accoss a list of basic commands and/or
> utilities. I didn't even know that "df" existed. Just as I didn't
> know about "mseg" which someone told me about on this list a few
> weeks ago in helping me solve another problem. And there must be many
> more important programs that I should know about. 
> 
> Where can I find a comprehensive list (sort of a user's manual) -
> either on paper or (better still) on-line ???
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> //------------------------
> Shlomo Solomon
> solomon@shani.net
> //------------------------
> 
> P
> 

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