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["Greg Mayman" <gmone AT tpg.com.au>]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 02:33:20 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Greg Mayman wrote:
>> Thanks, but I want documentation for a whole lot more than sylpheed.
>> Like a list of what CLI commands I can use and what they do.
> The executable files are in a few directories:
> /bin /usr/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin
> Type the name of the program followed by --help for a short summary, or
> man plus the name of the program,

The BL download seems to be blindingly scarce of help and man files.

> or get out a library book on running
> linux,

Did that with a couple of them. They were all about their
particular brand of GUI.

> or read one of the links to learning linux at the BL site.

Downloaded a heap of stuff, most of which is about the larger distros
and gave a lot of instruction of stuff that isn't in BL.

> Or search on the name of the program online.

> Doesn't the /etc/issue start page suggest some of this?

I don't know. I'll look for it as soon as I 'm offline and can
reboot.

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