Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!csn!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!hsdndev!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting] Message-ID: <15073@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 4 Feb 91 21:03:43 GMT References: <492@rufus.UUCP> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article <492@rufus.UUCP> drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com writes: >I guess it's useful to gather all our dirty laundry into a single monthly >posting ... but it's a rather sad thing to see. It's not all "dirty laundry". In many cases the questions should have been answered with "Why do you think you need to do this?", because they reflect fundamental misunderstandings about the way that things work. Often there is a much better method to accomplish what is REALLY wanted than the assumed approach leading to the original question.