[vbox-dev] online manual gone?

Klaus Espenlaub klaus.espenlaub at oracle.com
Tue Oct 17 19:20:33 GMT 2017


sorry about the goof... UserManual.html used (and now is again) a 
symlink to index.html, so both give the same result. Unintended 
excessive cleanup.

Klaus

On 17.10.2017 18:22, Perry Halbert wrote:
> Not to mention all of the dead links that will be left behind in the 
> forums if not re-directed.
> 
> Perry
> 
> On 10/17/2017 10:52 AM, Kalogrianitis Socratis wrote:
>> Found it, (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation) in the section that says:
>>
>>> User manual
>>> "For up-to-date details, especially on current operating system support and software requirements, please take a look at the current User Manual (online here)."
>> That "online here" part needs to be changed. Also in the "Documentation" section (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation), and in the FAQ section (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ), and I suspect in other places as well.
>>
>> So it might actually make sense to create a "manual/UserManual.html" link that simply points to "manual/". Mainly for backwards compatibility...
>>
>> Socratis
>>
>>
>>> On 17/Οκτ/2017, at 18:43, Perry Halbert<phalbert at cox.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Humm,
>>>
>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html  copied directly from the end-user docs section of documentation on main web page and what I have had stored for ever.
>>>
>>> I can change what I use but it might be worth changing the web link since it no longer exists.
>>> Perry



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