Compaq AA-RH8RD-TE manual About This Manual, Audience, New and Changed Features, Organization

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About This Manual

This manual describes the documentation that comes with the Compaq Tru64™ UNIX operating system. It also provides information about the structure of the documentation kits and the tools used to access the documentation.

Audience

This manual is for anyone who needs to access documentation about the Tru64 UNIX operating system. It can help you decide which manuals in the documentation set are most useful to you and how you can use those manuals.

New and Changed Features

This manual was revised to provide you with information about changes to the Tru64 UNIX documentation that have been made since the last release of the operating system. For an overview of the major changes to the Version 5.1A documentation set, see Section 1.2.

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Provides general information about the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.

Chapter 2 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system.

Chapter 3 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by system and network administrators of the Tru64 UNIX operating system.

Chapter 4 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by software developers who program on or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system.

Chapter 5 Describes some additional documentation that is packaged on the Tru64 UNIX Operating System and Associated Products CD–ROMs.

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Contents Tru64 Unix Page Contents System and Network Management Documentation Writing Software for the International Market Programming DocumentationSupplementary Documentation Tru64 Unix Reference PagesDevice Driver Documentation Documentation Listings Tables IndexPage About This Manual New and Changed FeaturesAudience OrganizationReader’s Comments Introduction to the Documentation Set Finding the Documentation You NeedCore Documentation Layered Products Changes to the Version 5.1A Documentation SetStructural Changes Revised DocumentationSystem and Network Administration New Documentation What You GetRemoved Documentation Device Driver DocumentationOnline Documentation Documentation CD-ROM Documentation on the World Wide Web Kit Printed DocumentationEnd User Documentation Kit Developer’s Documentation Kit Additional Documentation in the Media Kit Documentation for Layered ProductsTruCluster Server Software Other Products Packaged with Tru64 Unix3 Tru64 Unix Alpha Online Documentation Library Page General User Documentation Printed and Online DocumentationCDE Companion Cluster Release Notes revised Command and Shell User’s Guide revisedCluster Technical Overview revised Documentation Overview for Version 5.1A revisedProgramming Support Tools Master Index revisedSecurity revised Release Notes for Version 5.1A revisedUnix Technical Overview for Version 5.1A revisedHow to Access Tru64 Unix Documentation revised Printed-Only DocumentationQuick Reference Card revised Online-Only Documentation New and Changed Features from Previous Releases revised3 Tru64 Unix Version 5.1A CD-ROMs revised Advanced Printing Software User GuideHow to Order Tru64 Unix Documentation Safety & Comfort GuideCommon Desktop Environment User’s Guide System and Network Management Documentation AdvFS Administration revisedCluster Hardware Configuration revised Cluster Administration revisedCluster Highly Available Applications revised Cluster Installation revisedInstallation Guide revised Cluster LAN Interconnect newGuide to Prestoserve Kernel Debugging Installation Guide Advanced Topics revisedManaging Online Addition and Removal new Logical Storage Manager revisedNetwork Administration Connections new Network Administration Services new Security revised Sharing Software on a Local Area Network revisedSoftware License Management System Administration revised System Configuration and Tuning System Configuration Supplement OEM PlatformsWindow System Environment revised Update Installation Quick Reference Card revised Full Installation Quick Start revisedWindow System Administrator’s Guide Bind Configuration File GuideSendmail Installation and Operation Guide DECevent Translation and Reporting UtilityPerformance Manager revised Page Assembly Language Programmer’s Guide Asynchronous Transfer ModeProgramming Documentation Compaq C Language Reference Manual revised Calling Standard for Alpha SystemsGuide to Realtime Programming Guide to Preparing Product Kits revisedGuide to the Posix Threads Library Network Programmer’s Guide revisedProgrammer’s Guide Writing Kernel Modules Programming with ONC RPC1 OSF/Motif Programmer’s Guide Writing Software for the International Market2 OSF/Motif Style Guide Programmer’s Guide StreamsCommon Desktop Environment Application Builder User’s Guide Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary Common Desktop Environment Desktop KornShell User’s GuideCommon Desktop Environment Programmer’s Overview Common Desktop Environment Programmer’s GuideJava Documentation Ladebug Debugger Manual revisedObject File and Symbol Table Format Specification ToolTalk Service DocumentationTechnical References for Asian Languages ToolTalk Reference Manual Window System DocumentationToolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface Web-Based Best Practices Documentation Supplementary DocumentationOperating System CD-ROM QuickSpecsListings of Patches to the Operating System Image Extension Documentation Text Version of the Tru64 Unix Release NotesAssociated Products CD-ROMs Using webman Using the Documentation CD-ROMTru64 Unix Reference Pages Reading Reference Pages On LineUsing the xman Command Using the man CommandReading Reference Pages in Printed Books Reference Pages Section Overview of the Reference Page SectionsReference Pages Sections 8 and 1m Writing Device Drivers Device Driver DocumentationInstallation Instructions and Release Notes 1 Tru64 Unix Documentation Kit Documentation ListingsTruCluster Server Documentation Kit Supplementary Documentation on the DocumentationDocumentation Listings A-3 Title Printed Line Title Printed Line 6Documentation Listings Documentation Listings A-7 Page See ASU IndexSee device driver documentation See Tru64 Unix Documentation Kits See also Network Administration Services manual See also Network Administration Connections manual Web, 2-4n See Technical Reference for Using Thai Features See also Full Installation Quick Start printed card