Online sources of information (hp-ux and hp-rt) – HP Model 743 PC User Manual

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Online Sources of Information (HP-UX and HP-RT)

HP-UX is designed so that you can access many sources of information
without leaving your system. Most of these information sources are accessi-
ble through the shell command line on a character terminal.

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Man Pages: The HP-UX information found in HP-UX Reference is online
and accessible by clicking on the Toolbox button at the right of your Front
Panel, or by entering on a command line man command, where command
is the name of the HP-UX command or routine you want to get informa-
tion on. If you’re not sure of the command name you can enter man -k
keyword, where keyword is a likely topic word to search on. This results
in a display listing commands having the keyword in their description.

Similar reference information on HP-RT, found in HP-RT Reference, can
be displayed by entering rtman name on your HP-UX host system, where
name is the name of the HP-RT command, system call, or function call
you want to get information on.

There are also a variety of files on your HP-UX system which contain ver-
sion-specific information. These will be useful in administering and config-
uring cards and devices for your version of HP-UX. Among these files are
the following:

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Release Notes: This is the online version of the Release Notes which
comes with your system. It contains all the latest information, undocu-
mented changes and bug fixes for your release of HP-UX. It also contains
information on the current version of HP VUE. The Release Notes docu-
ment resides in the /usr/share/doc or /etc/newconfig directory, named by
its release number, for example, 10.20 RelNotes for HP-UX 10.20.

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HP-UX and HP VUE Help. For graphics displays, extensive help infor-
mation on the operating system and the visual interface is included with
HP VUE.

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Newconfig: The directory /etc/newconfig contains information and new
versions of HP-UX product configuration files, as well as shell scripts
which may have been customized on your system. The contents of this di-
rectory will vary depending on which products you have loaded on your