Woman Pages??
 

I've heard you can configure Linux so that entering woman (command) will give you the same results as man (command). Anyone know how?
Thank You.

By creating an alias?
alias woman=man

I don't recommend renaming executable files for fun, but.........

Maybe rename /usr/bin/man to /usr/bin/woman ???????

Not sure if it will even work. Not sure what else you would have to rename. Doing stuff like this often leaves you with unwanted results.

Good luck!

EDIT: Must have been typing same time as above. Alias sounds like a much better idea!

LOL...
Yes you can do that. For example, "man" is located in my distro in /usr/bin/. So, as root, just type and you can use `woman` instead of `man`. `man` will still work, though, I hope that's OK ;-)

Using an alias as suggested before is a lot better than renaming executables. You may have problems if commands that needs the exact name don't find it. An alternative would be to create a symlink called woman to man.

A bin named Sue?

Not a good idea because scripts might rely on `man`.

Maybe you should create a man page entry if you do this. Someone who notices the new executable might type man woman and get confusing results ;)

They would get the same result as

man man

wouldn't they?

What! No manual describing "woman"? I knew it...
;-)

The first thing I did was say that I didn't recommend it. And for the record, I copied man to my desktop and renamed it to woman, and then copied it back into /usr/bin.

And guess what...............

At least, do

transexual executables arent tolerated I guess .

That man wants to stay manly .

Hey PC-ness gone mad - lets have a woman command ?

Or well ... there are "cat" & "dog" (I love humour in everyday computing .. refreshing) ... where dog is suppossedly better than cat .. .

Well ... maybe its time for man to be replaces by woman :D

Cool idea ... creating lots of symbolic links could result in entertaining commnd line commands ... .

:)

Or just try

woman man

instead of

man woman

On the subject of silly command lines and not the thread - sorry ... There's some more at http://gdl.msu.edu/~vanhoose/humor/0035.html and http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/lists/...1995/0570.html. There's a fair bit of overlap between the two lists, but what the heck...