Post #1949799
2026-05-03 11:21 UTC
@cstross @annehargreaves @kamstrup Here's the manual page for the cp command, and here's the manual page for the other cp command, and here's the manual page for the other other cp command.
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@xabean@infosec.exchange 2026-05-03 11:39
@jay @cstross @annehargreaves @kamstrup also man crontab v.s. man 5 crontab v.s. man 8 crontab "of COURSE 8 means programs and 5 means config"
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@angusm@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 12:20
@jay @cstross @annehargreaves @kamstrup The best `man` pages are written to be so opaque that the only people who can understand the `man` page are people who don't need the `man` page because they know it all already. Or possibly because they wrote the `man` page themselves.