On 13/03/2013 12:53 PM, Urs Holzer wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> But hey, that's Unix all over. Don't expect there to be any reason or
>> rhyme to it, just memorise this crap.
>
> No need to memorise such things. There is always the manual. There are
> more important things to learn about UNIX than that. And if an exam
> testing your UNIX knowledge in general _requires_ you to know -e without
> giving you access to the manpage of RPM, then this is a clear indication
> of the quality of the exam itself.

Well, that's the thing. In the Real World, it's trivial to look up what 
some specific obscure option does. It's arguably important to realise 
that a particular command offers a feature, but remembering the actual 
switch to turn it on is something you can easily look up if and when you 
ever actually need it.

On the other hand, what else can they put in the exam? They have to ask 
you questions about *something*...

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