What I'm planning on doing is spending some time with the life saver icon. If I find that further explanation into something is needed then I'll do [man ]. Will that help, or what do you suggest? I'm going to read [man man] right now in fact. On Tuesday 22 October 2002 07:28 pm, Mike Starke wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:02:15PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > At last! A ray of light in my clouded mind! > > Mike: > One of the things I did when first learning *nix was periodically > sit down with my favorite beverage and read man pages. > Some I read from top to bottom, others, I just read the description > and bailed onto the next. > > If you find yourself adventurous, do something like: > > cd /bin; ls > man > > cd /sbin; ls > man > > cd /usr/bin; ls > man > > cd /usr/sbin; ls > man > > That kept me occupied for quite some time, and I learned > quite a bit. Also, there may be some docs on your system. > Try: > > cd /usr/doc; ls > cd > Most of these files are just plain ASCI text, so you > can just: > less > or > zless (for gzip'd doc files) > > Hopefully this info should help you out a bit. > > v/r > -Mike > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~Mike~(-: