On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 11:50 -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > At Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:03:18 -0400 CentOS mailing list < > centos at centos.org> wrote:HA! You only really need to learn *one* > command: the man command. > The man > provides 'enlightenment' for all other commands: > man vgdisplay > man lvdisplay > man lvcreate > man lvextend > man lvresize > man lvreduce > man lvremove > man e2fsck > man resize2fs > > These are the only LVM commands I use regularly (yes there a a pile > more, but most are rarely used and a handful only used in > startup/shutdown scripts or when rescuing) There may be numerous commands... but isn't it pretty obvious what each one of them do? Often lv<tab><tab> is plenty of hinting to get to the right thing. And each of the commands uses the same syntax for options. >>spotty coverage of up-to-date documentation. Google can be a >>dangerous guide given the wide variation of practice across >>differing.. Yes, exactly. DO NOT USE GOOGLE - USE THE &^@&$^* DOCUMENTATION! > Right, expecting a *web search* to give *correct* command > documentation is problematical. Using the local system man pages > often works better, since the man pages installed with the installed > utilities will cover the *installed* version and not the version that > might be installed on a *different* +1 >>If you want to get infrequently performed sysadmin tasks done >>reliably and with a minimum of fuss use something like Webmin and >>get on with the rest of your life. And take notes! You are sitting at a computer after all. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam at whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA