Broken list archive [was RE: [ILUG] procmail receipe]

Kenn Humborg kenn at bluetree.ie
Wed Aug 25 11:54:30 IST 2004



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Timothy Murphy
> Sent: 25 August 2004 11:42
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] procmail receipe
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 25 August 2004 10:41, Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
> > >   cf.
> > >       adv : compare (used in texts to point the reader to another
> > >             location in the text) [syn: {cf}, {confer}, {see}, {see
> > >             also}]
> >
> > Which is very silly, since it's shorter to write "see"
> > than to write "c.f." :-)
> 
> (1) cf does not mean "See".
> It means "Compare" or "See and compare".

Ah - but the original poster was actually using it as "see".
As in "see the man page for this other command".

I'd provide an archive link, only the August 2004 archive
pages seem broken (by-thread listing goes to Mon Aug 23
and by-date listing stops at Aug 9).

Later,
Kenn




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