I second what Steve says. The man pages have a lot of words but little help. Examples are the best. But then maybe I'm just dense Mace
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 8:11 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands I find the man pages marginal as far as helping. Sometimes (small percentage of the time) they provide the info that I need. Most of the time, I'm still left wondering. Examples would help immensely. Steve -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands When CMS HELP first came out, the group I was with built a process to format and print all of the Help files into our own books. It would be nice if there was a process to format and print all of the MAN pages that are resident on an arbitrary linux system (z or x86). /Tom Kern David Boyes wrote: > That's going to be complicated because every program you install becomes a > new command, and some commands could be books all to themselves. There's > also the complication that there are several variations to how documentation > for Linux commands is prepared and maintained. All packages are *supposed* > to include man pages, but that can be a bit spotty for some of the commands > maintained by smaller groups or individuals. > > The man command will display summaries for each command and details. Some > commands use the info command, and some supply HTML pages (which I > personally detest). > > Example: 'man ls' will display a manual page for the ls command. If you're > not sure of the exact command, try 'man -k' and a keyword, eg 'man -k mail' > will get you all the commands that contain the keyword 'mail' somehow. > > The commands that use 'info' (usually things originating in the GNU project > like GCC) work with similar syntax, but they bring up a full screen browser > to navigate the documentation. Info tends to be used for more complex > applications, like emacs. The emacs documentation is a full-scale book of > it's own. > > Your best bet is a good Unix book like the O'reilly sysadmin guides. You can > usually get copies of them at better tech bookstores (alas for Computer > Literacy....sigh... RIP). > > - db > > > > > On 8/14/08 5:39 PM, "Alyce Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Does a manual exists that has all the SuSE Linux commands listed running >> on the Z series with really good examples? >> >> Thanks for your support, >> Alyce >> > ----------------------------------------- ******************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ********************************************************************
