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Re: Partition information as text file?

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Partition information as text file?
Date	2019-02-01 23:10 +0100
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On Fri 01 Feb 2019 at 13:10:19 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 06:06:18PM +0000, Joe wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 07:59:42 -0600 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > ... a major deficiency of the man page format --
> > >   [/begin_rant   almost total lack of examples /end_rant ;]
> > 
> > That's what's expected of man pages. If you want examples, poke around
> > the Net for tutorials, and be prepared to find a wide range of quality.
> 
> I disagree.  Perhaps you've come to expect a lack of examples from the
> man pages published by various GNU projects.  GNU developers prefer their
> own texinfo format instead, so they often write only stub man pages.
> 
> A well-written man page includes an EXAMPLES section, unless the command
> being documented is so trivial that none is required (e.g. true(1)).
> 
> The lack of examples is not a "deficiency of the format".  It is a
> deficiency of that particular page, written by that particular author.

Well, I've just given my opinion elsewhere. But it would be an
interesting challenge to write an example of a man page EXAMPLE
for that particular page, beyond the example that is given there.

Cheers,
David.

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Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-26 15:40 +0100
  Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-26 18:10 +0100
  Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-26 20:40 +0100
    Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-26 22:20 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 23:00 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-27 03:10 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-27 22:30 +0100
        Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-28 13:50 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 16:50 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-28 20:50 +0100
            Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-29 15:40 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-29 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-29 16:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-29 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-31 15:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-31 16:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-31 20:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-31 21:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 15:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-02-01 15:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 16:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-01 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-01 19:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-01 22:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 18:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-02 02:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-02 11:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-02 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-02 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-02-01 17:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-02-01 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-02-01 19:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-02-01 19:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-02-01 19:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 23:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-01-29 17:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2019-01-29 19:00 +0100
            Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-29 15:40 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-29 21:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-30 16:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-30 17:00 +0100
                Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as text file?) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-31 02:20 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as  text file?) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-31 04:50 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as  text file?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-31 10:10 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-31 20:00 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 06:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-30 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-31 15:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-30 19:50 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 03:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-30 16:20 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-29 19:30 +0100

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