[arch-general] note about beginners guide

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 14:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 19:58 -0400, brainworker at lavabit.com wrote:
> > In installation chapter we can see:
> > 
> > > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the
> > > |/usr/share/zoneinfo/<Zone>/<SubZone>| directories.
> > >
> > > it's helpful to see the available time zones. To do so, cd to the
> > > directory:
> > >
> > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/
> > >
> > > then type:
> > >
> > > # ls
> > 
> > Why not type just this ?
> >  ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/
> > One string is better than five, and more more obvious, I think.
> > 
> > Then...
> > > To list down the contents of that directory. You can do the same to get
> > > subzones:
> > >
> > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe
> > > # ls
> > 
> > And why not type just ?
> >  ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe
> 
> Because cd + ls gives an overview about the structure?
> [spinymouse at archlinux ~]$ cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe
> [spinymouse at archlinux Europe]$ ls
> Amsterdam   Brussels    Guernsey     Lisbon      Minsk      Prague
> Skopje     Vaduz      Zaporozhye
> Andorra     Bucharest   Helsinki     Ljubljana   Monaco     Riga
> Sofia      Vatican    Zurich
> Athens      Budapest    Isle_of_Man  London      Moscow     Rome
> Stockholm  Vienna
> Belfast     Chisinau    Istanbul     Luxembourg  Nicosia    Samara
> Tallinn    Vilnius
> Belgrade    Copenhagen  Jersey       Madrid      Oslo       San_Marino
> Tirane     Volgograd
> Berlin      Dublin      Kaliningrad  Malta       Paris      Sarajevo
> Tiraspol   Warsaw
> Bratislava  Gibraltar   Kiev         Mariehamn   Podgorica  Simferopol
> Uzhgorod   Zagreb

PS: Pardon, the same does ls only, but if you're going the CD steps,
it's easier to understand.