On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 18:16 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > As so often happens, though, I only understand part of it. I've done > more reading since then, and understand a bit more. Man pages are > great for refreshing the memory on switches once you understand the > principles, but often are not the best first read. Perhaps you should get one of those pocketbooks that they flog off with Linux discs with in newsagents? They used to have the basics involved in getting started with Linux, enough to install and start experimenting, sometimes with primers about how to use man files and commands (explaining the syntax of examples, etc). -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
