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- From: fitzgb@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,news.answers
- Subject: Intro to comp.unix.wizards - read before posting! (last change: Mon Nov 30 0:57:50 EST 1992)
- Summary: This posting explains the purpose of the comp.unix.wizards
- newsgroup. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post here.
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- Date: 25 Dec 92 05:43:14 GMT
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- Archive-name: unix-faq/wizards-faq
- Last-modified: Mon Nov 30 0:57:50 EST 1992
-
- Please take a moment to read this before posting to comp.unix.wizards
- for the first time.
-
- comp.unix.wizards is for in-depth discussion of advanced unix topics.
-
- Elementary questions do not belong in comp.unix.wizards. Although some
- socket questions (for example) are appropriate, "How do I program with
- sockets?" is not.
-
- Crossposting to comp.unix.wizards and comp.unix.questions is
- inappropriate. Plenty of wizards read comp.unix.questions and answer
- questions there. KILL file users can skip all crossposted articles
- with "/Newsgroups:.*,/h:j".
-
- A wizard is someone who can rewrite the entire system from scratch. If
- you are not a wizard, you are welcome to follow along the discussions
- anyway. You'll learn quite a bit about how UNIX works. Caution: post
- to wizards only if you are yourself a wizard.
-
- For a list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), please refer
- to comp.unix.questions (or comp.lang.c, news.answers, etc...). "How do
- I delete a file whose name starts with a '-' ?" is an example of such a
- question. Please do not ask or answer FAQ's on the net.
-
- Write to Unix-Wizards-Request@BRL.MIL (Subject: subscribe. Any
- message.) if you want a daily digest of this newsgroup mailed to you.
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- "info-unix-cancel@brl.mil", no text required. It is incorrect to post
- such requests to the list, or to mail them to me, though others may
- mistakenly do so.
-
- E-mail comments about this posting are welcome. From time to time I'll
- summarize them.
-
- Brian
- --
- These opinions are mine, and do not necessarily reflect those of any
- academic department or computing service at Rensselaer.
-