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Bug 75711 - usage message kept me from finding enlightment
Summary: usage message kept me from finding enlightment
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2004-12-26 09:22 UTC by Carlo von Loesch
Modified: 2004-12-27 17:45 UTC (History)
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Description Carlo von Loesch 2004-12-26 09:22:19 UTC
i intended to "zap" a service, so i spontaneously typed this:

> /etc/init.d/cvsd kill
 * ERROR:  wrong args. (  kill / kill )

 * Usage: cvsd { start|stop|restart }
 *        cvsd without arguments for full help

i saw no advantage in reading full help for "start|stop|restart"
so i needed external help to tell me about "zap"

also, later when calling up the help i noticed it's too long to
view without pager, and then it messes up with the ansi codes in
less.. okay i could fix my less flags, but i end up resending
the command three times - the third one using "more" - to get it
right.. so i wonder if it really has to be so verbose and actually
worth a man page.. yes that's it, let it have a real manpage pls!





Reproducible: Always
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Expected Results:  
Usage: cvsd { all builtin and optional commands }
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2004-12-27 17:45:41 UTC
fixed in cvs:

root@phear 0 ~ # /etc/init.d/cvsd kill
 * ERROR:  wrong args. (  kill / kill )

 * Usage: cvsd { start|stop|restart|pause|zap }
 *        cvsd without arguments for full help