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Re: specifications



Greg O'Keefe wrote:
> 
> I have a book called "The Unix System" by S. Bourne, 1984ish, which is the
> best computer book I own. In it, it mentions a command, similar to man,
> called learn. This offered tutorial material on each command, rather than
> the reference type material that man gives you. I think it also kept track
> of your progress through the units. This seemed like a brilliant idea to me,
> and I was a little sad to find that it wasn't implemented in my (Red Hat)
> linux system.
> 
> Anyone know about this command from the prehistoric days of Unix?
> Could reimplementing it be a worthwhile LDP project? I think so.
> 

Try info. I think this system was created for this purpose.

-
Philippe Martin


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