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From: cknight@best.com (Merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: RTFM??? interesting professional answer
Date: 27 Apr 1997 05:53:37 GMT
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Miss Ana,
I don't know what your problem is, but the answer below appears to be
quite correct. It would appear that there has been some confusion over
who is lacking the clue.
When someone tells you to RTFM regarding ft(8), that would generally
mean that you need to read man page 'ft' in section 8. Translated:
man 8 ft
Bingo:
FT(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual FT(8)
NAME
ft - QIC 40/80 floppy tape drive controller
If you expect white-shirt-black-slacks professional answers, I suggest
you hire a consultant and pay them the big bucks.
You asked for free help, and you got an accurate response. It is a
shame you got miffed over the use of a particular acronym, but that
would appear to be a personal problem not associated with the FreeBSD
operating system.
Cheers,
-ck
Ana (cazzi@usa.net) wrote:
: In article <5jt5nm$i8@uriah.heep.sax.de>, j@uriah.heep.sax.de says...
: >/dev/[r]ft0 ain't a normal read/write tape device. You need to filter
: >your data through ft(8). RTFM...
: >
: >--
: >cheers, J"org
: >
: >joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC:
: JW11-RIPE
: >Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
: >
: Unexpected and very childish answer. Is this the normal behaviour of
: professionals in this group.
: At any rate, I still have NO answer to my question and doubt this
: individual has a clue either.
: Still awaiting some insight.
: thanks,
: Ana