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- From: fitzgb@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,news.answers,comp.answers
- Subject: Intro to comp.unix.wizards - read before posting! (last change: Wed Jul 28 9:50:52 EDT 1993)
- Followup-To: poster
- Date: 22 Aug 1993 04:49:34 GMT
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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- Summary: This posting explains the purpose of the comp.unix.wizards
- newsgroup. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post here.
- Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.unix.wizards:11499 news.answers:11650 comp.answers:1683
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- Archive-name: unix-faq/wizards-faq
- Last-modified: Wed Jul 28 9:50:52 EDT 1993
-
- Please take a moment to read this before posting to comp.unix.wizards
- for the first time.
-
- comp.unix.wizards is for unmoderated, in-depth discussion of advanced
- unix topics.
-
- Elementary questions do not belong in comp.unix.wizards. For example,
- technical socket questions can be appropriate but "How do I program
- with sockets?" is too basic for comp.unix.wizards.
-
- Many questions about usage of unix editors, shells, utilities, vendor-
- specific system administration, and unix folklore usually elicit better
- responses in other newsgroups.
-
- 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 who would like to skip all
- crossposted articles are invited to use "/Newsgroups:.*,/h:j").
-
- A wizard is someone who can rewrite the entire system from scratch. If
- you are not a wizard (as I am not), you are welcome to follow along the
- discussions anyway (as I do). You'll learn quite a bit about how UNIX
- works. Caution: customarily, only those who are themselves "unix
- wizards" should post to comp.unix.wizards.
-
- For a list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), please refer
- to comp.unix.questions (or comp.lang.c, comp.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 would like to have a daily digest of this newsgroup
- mailed to you.
-
- To unsubscribe from the unix-wizards mailing list, send mail to
- "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. Allow several weeks to process unsubscribe
- requests.
-
- 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.
-