Comment on Why the name?parentComments−zer0rest11yIf you want high quality man pages go look at openBSD base, truly exceptional.Even then, man pages nowadays are massive compared to what they were intended to be, complexity is the bane of all software.−davidgerard11ySeconded. When I was starting out in Solaris sysadmin, I'd read the Solaris man pages for local details, but the OpenBSD pages to see what the hell the command actually thought it was doing.
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If you want high quality man pages go look at openBSD base, truly exceptional.
Even then, man pages nowadays are massive compared to what they were intended to be, complexity is the bane of all software.
Seconded. When I was starting out in Solaris sysadmin, I'd read the Solaris man pages for local details, but the OpenBSD pages to see what the hell the command actually thought it was doing.