Re: List intolerance VS advocacy

["John Brahy" <John@AD2.com>]

> hear, hear. If a new UNIX novice can't figure out how to use the tools at
> hand, they are only going to be an irritation to experienced admins (and a
> hazard to themselves and their employers) until they do so. There's a
reason
> 'RTFM' is one of the oldest phrases in the community, and it rings just as
> true now as it did when it was first coined

It is better to make someone learn, then feed them a commandline they
could mess up because they don't understand it. dd is a perfect example,
what if they mix up if and of.