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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? In defense of the command line Post 302547235 by KenJackson on Sunday 14th of August 2011 10:37:44 PM
Old 08-14-2011
In defense of the command line
Ever since the 80's, I've been appalled at how many people actually think the click-and-wait interface (GUI) is superior to the command line. I suspect that can be explained by most of them never having used any shell other than the atrocious DOS window, but it still amazes.

So I'm pleased to report that I found a very interesting blog post that I could identify with heartily. Here's a sample:
Quote:
The idea that language is for power users and pictures and index fingers are for those poor besotted fools who just want toast in the morning is an extremely retrograde idea from which we should strive to emancipate ourselves.

The problem with the user categorization narrative, is that it uses “it just works” as a cover for saying “people aren't capable” - for implying that millions of natural language speakers would be too intimidated by languages thousands of orders of magnitude smaller than the ones they use effortlessly every single day. It imagines that if we can find the right user-interface “metaphor,” everything will click.
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dtadvfs

dtadvfs(8)						      System Manager's Manual							dtadvfs(8)

NAME

       dtadvfs - Starts the AdvFS graphical user interface

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/X11/dtadvfs [options] [-N] [-C hostname]

OPTIONS

       Turns off information messages about starting up the

       asemgr  utility.   This	message  is displayed at startup and whenever  the file system configuration is changed when the system is running
       TruCluster  Software.  Connects to other hosts that are running the AdvFS GUI daemon, advfsd.

OPERANDS

       Uses the standard X Windows options. See the X(1X) and xterm(1X) reference pages for information.

DESCRIPTION

       The AdvFS graphical user interface (GUI) organizes  AdvFS functionality into system management tasks and makes them  available	through  a
       graphical interface.

       Issue  the  dtadvfs  command to display the AdvFS GUI  Main window. This window serves as both the starting point for all AdvFS GUI-managed
       tasks and as a monitor for file-system status. When the Main window is displayed,  disk-space usage information is shown for the  host  and
       file domains.

       From  the  Main window, you can choose tasks from the following menus: Choose GUI setup options or exit the GUI.  Choose file domain, file-
       set, clone, or volume configuration  tasks.  Choose what information displays on the main window or view  devices and volumes  information.
       Choose file domain balance or defragment procedures.

       Online  help  is available for all tasks and windows available through  the GUI.  To access help, click on the Help button in any window or
       choose  Help from the menu bar to display information.

RESTRICTIONS

       You must be the root user to use this utility and you must register the Advanced File System Utilities license.

FILES

       /Storage_Management/Dtadvfs

	      The indicator for graphic icons.	The dtadvfs message log file. Remove or  copy this log to another location periodically to prevent
	      the  log from becoming  too large.  The AdvFS Manager user-interface executable file.  The dtadvfs online help files.  The dtadvfs X
	      resource file.  The dtadvfs message catalogs.  The GUI graphic icon files.  The launch script for the graphic icons.

SEE ALSO

       advfs(4), advfsd(8), X(1X), xterm(1X)

																	dtadvfs(8)
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