rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (02/21/91)
First of all, I bought a BusinessLand NeXT and, as yet, I have none of the printed documentation. What I want may be there. However, outside of a man page for nroff, ms, me, etc., there is none of the broader based documentation one looks for to determine what commands are supported and how they work. Is this stuff on the system? If not, where do I look? I don't know ms and me. I have always used mm. -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us
isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) (02/22/91)
In article <1991Feb21.150842.5703@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: >First of all, I bought a BusinessLand NeXT and, as yet, I have none of >the printed documentation. What I want may be there. However, outside >of a man page for nroff, ms, me, etc., there is none of the broader >based documentation one looks for to determine what commands are >supported and how they work. Is this stuff on the system? If not, >where do I look? I don't know ms and me. I have always used mm. > The NeXT printed (or online) documentation really doesn't cover nroff or many other Unix utilities very well (man pages only). However, because NeXT Mach implements most BSD 4.3 utilities and system calls, a series of BSD 4.3 manuals available from USENIX in Berkeley does provide much of what I want to supplement the NeXT documentation. 6 manuals are available including 2 User's Manuals, 3 Programmer's Manuals, a System Administrator's Manual, and a Master Index. These are available for a very reasonable price ($65 as of Dec. 1990). And they are an attractive set of books with their brightly-colored spines and Lucasfilm-designed Unix daemon on the covers :-) For more info, contact USENIX directly. I'm not sure of their email address, but I think it might be office@USENIX.ORG. Otherwise, their office is probably listed by Berkeley, California directory assistance. -- _____ ____ Art Isbell |\ | | | | \ 315 Moon Meadow Lane NeXT Registered Developer | \ | ___ |____| | | Felton, CA isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | \ | |___| | \ | | 95018-9442 (408)438-4736(B) | \| |___ | \ |___/ (408)335-1154(H)