SysAdmin cookbook

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The document discusses the challenges of writing documentation for sysadmins and proposes solutions to make it more manageable. It suggests using conventions such as numbering, title formatting, and symlinks for easier navigation and version control. The aim is to streamline the documentation process to alleviate the burden on sysadmins.

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SysAdmin Cookbook
http://sysadmin-cookbook.rot13.org
Dobrica Pavlinušić
http://blog.rot13.org
DORS/CLUC 2012 lightning talk

Document using conventions

● number.title
● symlinks to filesystem, diff friendly
● VCS for messages and history

directory

filename without number
commit message
download link if executable
content

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SysAdmin cookbook

1. SysAdmin Cookbook http://sysadmin-cookbook.rot13.org Dobrica Pavlinušić http://blog.rot13.org DORS/CLUC 2012 lightning talk

2. Nobody likes writing documentation...

3. ...but we have to...

4. ...can we do something about it?

5. Document using conventions ● number.title ● symlinks to filesystem, diff friendly ● VCS for messages and history

6. directory filename without number commit message download link if executable content