Re: Manpage interpreter

From: Tyler Gee (geekout_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/23/04

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:23:50 -0700
To: shines@smaller.net

    Sally,

    There are a couple of options for automation, a particularly good one
    in Dru Lavigne's book BSD Hacks
    (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/).

    Short of that, check out this post:

    http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26801

    If you have questions about putting that into a script just ask.

    -wtgee

    On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:15:46 -0800, Sally Hines <shines@smaller.net> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I've been subscribing to this list for over 3 years. I initially subscribed
    > to the -questions list also, but I couldn't handle the volume, and also
    > couldn't interpret the language used there. I need to learn in a language
    > that I know, or at least get an interpreter for the manpage-ese that's used
    > in replies to questions on that list.
    >
    > I ask a simple question, how do I automate ports update? I get "read the
    > manpages" or quoting from the manpages which is written in a language
    > foreign to me, but masquerades as English. Where can I get at least a good,
    > simple glossary for the terms used in the manpages and on the questions
    > list?
    >
    > I asked questions here, and got yelled at, at great length. I have not
    > posted to this list for over a year because of that.
    >
    > Sally Hines
    > With a broken FreeBSD box
    >
    >
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