On Wed, 1 Feb 1995 11:55:18 -0800 Craig Fairchild said:
>Ray Stevens asked:
>>Is the push release being sent with paper copies of the POSIX shell and
>>utilities manuals does anyone know?
 
>If you don't get "MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual: Volumes 1&2"
>(part # 36431-60001), you can order it individually from HP Parts Direct
>Ordering at 1-800-227-8164.
>
>Also, your information was correct in that this manual is not on the CD ROM.
>Both volumes of the Shell and Utilities manual are provided by the
>manufacturer of the POSIX.2 shell that we ship on MPE/iX, and are in an
>incompatible electronic format [...]
 
How cute.  There are five "new" manuals I received around the same time when
I ordered the 5.0 Pull:
 
   MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Volumes 1&2
   MPE/iX Developer's Kit Reference Manual, Volumes 1&2
   MPE/iX Shell and Utilities User's Guide (36431-9002)
 
The first is essentially just the man pages (as Craig later points out) and
useful as a reference, but USELESS for learning anything about the shell.
The second contains C library Posix definitions, SysV IPC, terminfo, curses,
and other programming references (which AREN'T in the man pages (!) like they
are on many Un*x systems).
 
The latter is an EXCELLENT manual for the non-Un*x-mindset, and a pretty
nice tutorial as well.
 
>shell/iX> man man
>
>This will give you detailed information about how to get further man page
>information.  You can also go to just about any bookstore and get a book on
>UNIX shell programming and it will give you all the basics that you need to
>know.
 
Yes, but that implies you KNOW the topics ahead of time.  Unless I'm mistaken
(I'd be happy to be corrected!) there is no "index" or "table of contents"
to the man pages, so you don't know what's available.
 
[\] Jeff Kell, [log in to unmask]