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If the man pages are simply generated from the help output, why bother having them when you can just use `--help`?
by dickeytk 8y ago
If the man pages are simply generated from the help output, why bother having them when you can just use `--help`?
- TeMPOraL 8y agoBecause the expectation on UNIX-like systems is that I can type `man foo` and get the manpage for `foo`. It's good manners for a CLI app you want installed on someone's system to also integrate with the help infrastructure of that system.
- scbrg 8y agoapropos
- JdeBP 8y agoThe end result argues against using help2man and thinking that --help and the user manual should be the same thing, not against having a user manual at all. (-: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18174025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18174025