Online Sources Of Information - HP 9000 Series Owner's Manual

Online Sources of Information

HP-UX is designed so that you can access many sources of information without
leaving your workstation. Some of these information sources are available in
the HP VUE interface; others can be accessed through a shell command line.
You will nd information on help in
manuals can be accessed and searched online if you purchase the LaserRom
optional product.
Online HP VUE Help: If you are using HP VUE, click on the
(with the picture of books behind it), on the VUE front panel, will get you
help on using HP-UX and HP VUE.
If you click on the up-arrow above the
with help subcategories, including HP VUE Help and HP-UX help on speci c
tasks.
Man Pages: The information on HP-UX which is found in
is also on line and accessible by clicking on the Toolbox button at the right
of your Front Panel, or by entering the following at a shell prompt:
command
man
command , enter the name of the HP-UX command you want to
In place of
get information on. If you're not sure of the command name you can enter
keyword , where keyword is a likely topic word to search on. This will
man -k
result in a display of commands having that keyword in their description.
Optional LaserROM: If you have a CD ROM drive attached to your system,
you can access and print out all the HP-UX manuals, as well as obtain
other current information, using LaserRom. Your Hewlett-Packard sales
representative can help you with information on obtaining and using online
manuals with LaserROM.
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Using HP-UX . All the current HP-UX
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