[ILUG] Re: List abuse (was: count of files in a directory)

[hrishy]

Hello Colm

i am myself a great linux enthusuiast......beleive i
never ever meant to trouble linus enthusiasts but most
linux users are also good at at other *nixes that is
why asked for help here.I must also say that i am
greatful to these folks who have helped me solve
problems on numerous ocassions.anyway your free not to
answer these questions...............

regards
hrishy 

--- Colm Buckley <colm at tuatha.org> wrote: > On Tuesday
31 July 2001 09:31, hrishy wrote:
> 
> > i am on sunos
> 
> SunOS is not Linux.  SunOS might have its own
> wrinkles and
> complications which Linux experts might not be able
> to diagnose.  This
> is a *LINUX* *USER* *GROUP* list.
> 
> Hitherto, the members of the ILUG lists have been
> very patient with
> irrelevance, and with "homework questions".  I am,
> however, a bit
> concerned with the tone of question which is
> becoming more frequent on
> the list; it seems that some posters treat the list
> as a "general pool
> of knowledge", to which *any* question may be
> submitted.  Nothing
> wrong with that per se; as long as the group's not
> overwhelmed.
> However, a fifteen-message thread on some
> peculiarity of *SunOS* which
> could almost definitely be resolved with ten
> minutes' manpage-reading
> and googling has no place on this list.
> 
> People, *please* make an effort to solve the problem
> yourself, using
> the general web and your own system's manual, before
> blindly posting
> to the list?  And *please* bear in mind that this is
> a *Linux* list;
> making life easier for users of Lesser Operating
> Systems is not part
> of the mandate of ILUG, nor of this list.
> 
>         Colm (doesn't anyone *research* things any
> more?)
>           - wearing listbastard hat
> 
> -- 
> Colm Buckley : Systems Architect @ NewWorld Commerce
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> Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life. 

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