Read the man pages, even better, Re-Read them, later

[Danjel Jungersen]

Good point!!

I try to read them, but are still not experienced enough to make 
sense of them (some times), but I have actually had the same feeling 
a few times :-)

I find that the biggest problem is to find the correct man-page, if I 

want to "see how my resources are used", thats very hard to find in 
man (IMHO), but once you found "top", they are great...

:-)
Danjel

On 1 Aug 2009 at 19:08, Chris Bennett wrote:

> A good while ago, learning step by step how to do new, useful things,
> I added spamd. I was very pleased with the results. I had carefully
> read the man pages and some other pages about spamd. At the time, I
> got most of it, but I did not really understand a few points. Oh,
> well. It worked anyway.
> 
> Over time, incoming spam has gotten worse. I have spent lots of time
> watching stuff passing through spamd. Kept seeing the same, no longer
> existing, email address being hit.
> 
> So I had new, extra interest in problem. Finally I wanted to make a
> change, needed to read man page to remember how. Lo and Behold! Those
> things I did not understand earlier, now with some experience, were
> quite clear! Not only did I make the change I was trying to do, but I
> immediately saw I had messed up my setup originally (only slightly,
> but still not the best).
> 
> Lesson: (my particular example is not really important)
> Not only are the man pages very complete, there is a real value in a
> second or third glance at some later date.
> 
> The man pages however, are not always the best tutor, but they are the
> first stop and occasionally a real bonus to look at again, even a few
> years later.
> 
> Chris Bennett
> 
> -- 
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> accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
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> efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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