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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>RTFM</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="RTFB.html" title="RTFB"/><link rel="next" href="RTFS.html" title="RTFS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">RTFM</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RTFB.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="RTFS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="RTFM"/><dt xmlns="" id="RTFM"><b>RTFM</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/R·T·F·M/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">imp.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Unix] Abbreviation for ‘Read The Fucking Manual’.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 1. Used by <a href="../G/guru.html"><i class="glossterm">guru</i></a>s to brush off questions they
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consider trivial or annoying. Compare
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<a href="../D/Don-t-do-that-then-.html"><i class="glossterm">Don't do that then!</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
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asking out of <a href="randomness.html"><i class="glossterm">randomness</i></a>. “<span class="quote">No, I can't figure
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out how to interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM.</span>”
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Unlike sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also
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<a href="../F/FM.html"><i class="glossterm">FM</i></a>, <a href="RTFAQ.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFAQ</i></a>,
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<a href="RTFB.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFB</i></a>, <a href="RTFS.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFS</i></a>,
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<a href="../S/STFW.html"><i class="glossterm">STFW</i></a>, <a href="RTM.html"><i class="glossterm">RTM</i></a>, all of which
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mutated from RTFM, and compare <a href="../U/UTSL.html"><i class="glossterm">UTSL</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RTFB.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="RTFS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">RTFB </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> RTFS</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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