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Re: [Bug-tar] file name with backslash is not archived


From: Joerg Schilling
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] file name with backslash is not archived
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:29:47 +0100
User-agent: nail 11.22 3/20/05

Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Duh, I should have known that GNU people abhor man pages. Sorry for
> > that ...
>
> Oh, it's not exactly about personal attitude toward manpages, but
> rather about the fact that manpage format (in our opinion) does not
> suit well for writing a *manual*.  It may be good for a reference,
> perhaps, but not for the manual.

I have no problem is there is a documentation in a better format, but from
my impression, the man page format is still better readable than the 
documentation provided with typical GNU programs.

Jörg

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