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Online Sources of Information
HP-UX is designed so that y
ou can access many sources of information without
leaving your workstation. Some of these information sources are a
vailable in
the HP VUE interface; others can b e accessed through a shell command line.
You will nd information on help in
Using HP-UX
. All the current HP-UX
manuals can b e accessed and searc
hed online if you purchase the LaserRom
optional pro duct.
Online HP VUE Help: If y
ou are using HP VUE, clic
k on the
NNNNN
?
button
(with the picture of bo oks behind it), on the VUE fron
t panel, will get you
help on using HP-UX and HP VUE.
If you click on the up-arrowabove the
NNNNN
?
you will get a slide-up sub panel
with help subcategories, including HP VUE Help and HP-UX help on sp ecic
tasks.
Man Pages: The information on HP-UX which is found in
HP-UX Reference
is also on line and accessible by clicking on the To olb ox button at the right
of your FrontPanel, or byentering the following at a shell prompt:
man
command
In place of
command
,enter the name of the HP-UX command y
ou wantto
get information 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 will
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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Finding Information About Your System 2-3