About This Manual

This manual describes the documentation that comes with the Compaq Tru64TM UNIX operating system. It also provides information about the structure of the documentation kits and the tools used to access the documentation.

Audience

This manual is for anyone who needs to access documentation about the Tru64 UNIX operating system. It can help you decide which manuals in the documentation set are most useful to you and how you can use those manuals.

New and Changed Features

This manual was revised to provide you with information about changes to the Tru64 UNIX documentation that have been made since the last release of the operating system. For an overview of the major changes to the Version 5.1A documentation set, see Section 1.2.

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Provides general information about the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.
Chapter 2 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system.
Chapter 3 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by system and network administrators of the Tru64 UNIX operating system.
Chapter 4 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by software developers who program on or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system.
Chapter 5 Describes some additional documentation that is packaged on the Tru64 UNIX Operating System and Associated Products CD-ROMs.
Chapter 6 Describes the Tru64 UNIX reference pages, shows the various ways of displaying the reference pages on line, and describes the contents of the Reference Pages Documentation Kit.
Chapter 7 Describes the Device Driver Kit and the contents of the books in that kit.

Reader's Comments

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The Tru64 UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries. Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate Compaq technical support office. Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to Compaq.

Online Conventions

References to much of the documentation discussed in this manual have links attached to them. In general, when the document is first mentioned the link will take you to the place in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, or Chapter 4 where the document is described. Once there, clicking on the title will take you to the book itself.

To use the links to the books, you must be viewing this Documentation Overview in the same environment in which the Tru64 UNIX documentation set is installed, for example from the Documentation CD–ROM or on the World Wide Web.