On Friday 12 September 2003 12:39 pm, Ed Skinner wrote:
> On Friday 12 September 2003 11:56, Mike Starke wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:47:25AM -0700, Don Calfa wrote:
> > /_How do I check to see the owner, group, and permission settings of
> > /_file/directories?  I've been doing it in the GUI but now it's one of
> > the /_last things I do in the GUI.
> > /_
> >
> > How about "ls -l" on the command line?
> > -mike
>
> And "man ls" (on the command line) will tell you all about "ls" and its
> options. Similarly, "man mv" will tell you about "mv" and so forth. And
> "man man" will tell you about the man command itself.
>
> A few shell commands have more documentation in "info" so, if you don't
> find what you need with "man", then FIRST try "info info" to learn how to
> use "info" and then do, for example, "info ls". ("info libc" is a prime
> example -- and the documentation is HUGE but only available through
> "info".)

"info", unfortunately, is a PITA to use (well, maybe not for emacs users).  I 
suggest using a graphical 'info' browser instead.  If you are using KDE, then 
you have one built in.  In any konqueror window (or using Alt+F2), just type

info:

It will go to a page listing all of the available info pages on your system.  
If you know which one you want (say, 'automake'), try:

info:automake

The big advantage over regular 'info' is that all the hyperlinks are just 
that: mouse driven hyperlinks.