In article <[log in to unmask]>,, Jeff Kell (aka [log in to unmask]) says... >For the unix virgins reading the above, unix 'man' <-> MPE ':help', but even >worse. You have to know what you're looking for ahead of time, there's no >index, or table of contents, or subtopics, or otherwise. (OK, yeah, there >is the whatis file...) To make things worse, once you find the man page you are looking for, often it is just a copied version of a UNIX version, and there is sometimes a disclaimer to the effect that the MPE/iX implementation may vary from these specifications. And UNIX man pages are notorious for lying to you in any case. -- Mark Landin System Manager Superstar Satellite Entertainment [log in to unmask]