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RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8 -- Apropos still troublesome
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Herb Martin <HerbM at learnquick dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8 -- Apropos still troublesome
- References: <EIL9OQ7-0004LG-E6@mail2.learnquick.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Herb Martin wrote:
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner@XXXXXX.XXX] On Behalf Of Eric Blake
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> man hash and info hash are both worthless (except to admit that "hash"
> is exists, i.e., is a built-in.
"type hash" should say that it's a builtin as well. "help hash" is what
you want ("help" is a bash builtin for showing information about builtins.
IMO, your bash book is pretty worthless if it doesn't show you *that*.
> hash --help is nearly as bad, unless perhaps you already know how it
> works and just need the switch letter.
You should read the output more carefully. It says "--: invalid option",
and then displays the general usage message.
Igor
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