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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>RTFB</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="RTFAQ.html" title="RTFAQ"/><link rel="next" href="RTFM.html" title="RTFM"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">RTFB</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RTFAQ.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="RTFM.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="RTFB"/><dt xmlns="" id="RTFB"><b>RTFB</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/R·T·F·B/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">imp.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Unix] Abbreviation for &#8216;Read The Fucking Binary&#8217;. Used
when neither documentation nor source for the problem at hand exists, and
the only thing to do is use some debugger or monitor and directly analyze
the assembler or even the machine code. &#8220;<span class="quote">No source for the buggy
port driver? Aaargh! I <span class="emphasis"><em>hate</em></span> proprietary operating
systems. Time to RTFB.</span>&#8221;</p><p>Of the various RTF? forms, &#8216;RTFB&#8217; is the least pejorative
against anyone asking a question for which RTFB is the answer; the anger
here is directed at the absence of both source <span class="emphasis"><em>and</em></span>
adequate documentation.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RTFAQ.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="RTFM.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">RTFAQ </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> RTFM</td></tr></table></div></body></html>