This chapter describes some of the supplementary documentation that is provided on the Tru64 UNIXOperating System CD-ROM, Associated Products CD-ROMs Volumes 1 and 2, and Compaq's Web site. The Printed and Online Documentation sections of the previous chapters describe the supplementary documentation provided on the Documentation CD-ROM.
Supplementary documentation is provided only on line and comes from various sources. Some of this material, including all of the Best Practice documentation, is produced by Compaq writers working closely with Tru64 UNIX developers. Other documentation is produced by UNIX professionals both within Compaq and outside the corporation. Supplementary documentation tends to be less formal in structure than the core documentation.
Examples of supplementary documentation include installation guides and release notes for components such as the Multimedia Services for Tru64 UNIX run-time environment and DECevent, QuickSpecs, nd lists of fixes made to earlier versions of the operating system.
This
Documentation Overview
does not list all of
the supplementary documentation included on the CD-ROMs and the Web,
but it does provide some guidance in the following sections.
5.1 Web-Based Best Practices Documentation
A Best Practices document offers a recommended procedure for performing a task, rather than presenting all of the options available. This type of documentation walks you step-by-step through the process.
The recommended procedure might depend on your configuration environment. For example, the Best Practice for performing a particular task on a Web server might differ from the one for performing the same task on a file server. The Best Practice documentation cannot meet the needs of all users, but it is aimed at the most common tasks and system configurations in order to meet the demands of most users.
The Best Practices documentation resides only on the Web at the following site:
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/best_practices/
The volume of Best Practice documentation continues to grow, due in
part to requests from customers.
The Best Practices Web page provides information
for sending your suggestions to Compaq.
You might find new Best Practice
documentation at this site each time you visit it.
5.2 Operating System CD-ROM
The documentation described in the following sections is included on
the Tru64 UNIX Operating System CD-ROM.
Some of this documentation
is available only when you install the software it describes.
5.2.1 QuickSpecs
QuickSpecs (formerly called Software Product Descriptions, or SPDs) provide technical information about Compaq products. They describe the software and give information about its capabilities and the hardware it supports.
The
Tru64 UNIX Operating System QuickSpec
and
QuickSpecs for the Developer's Toolkit, the Advanced File System Utilities,
and the Logical Storage Manager are provided on the Operating System Volume
1 CD-ROM in PDF and HTML formats.
You can find the files in the
mount_point/DOCUMENTATION
directory (where
mount_point
is the directory in which the CD-ROM is mounted).
5.2.2 Listings of Patches to the Operating System
Listings of fixes (usually called patches) that Compaq has
made to each version of the Tru64 UNIX operating system are provided in
text files on the CD-ROM in the
mount_point/DOCUMENTATION/TEXT
directory.
The files are named as follows:
Digital_UNIX_V4_0_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V4_0A_CLD_Fixes.txt Digital_UNIX_V4_0B_CLD_Fixes.txt DIGITAL_UNIX_V4_0D_CLD_Fixes.txt DIGITAL_UNIX_V4_0E_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V4_0F_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V4_0F_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V5_0_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V5_0A_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V5_1_CLD_Fixes.txt Tru64_UNIX_V5_1A_CLD_Fixes.txt
To obtain Tru64 UNIX patch kits from Compaq, visit the following Web site:
http://www.support.compaq.com/patches
5.2.3 Text Version of the Tru64 UNIX Release Notes
As an alternative to the PDF and HTML versions of the Tru64 UNIX Release Notes included on the Documentation CD-ROM, an ASCII text version of this document is included on the Operating System CD-ROM as follows:
mount_point/DOCUMENTATION/TEXT/Tru64_UNIX_V5_1A_Release_Notes.txt
5.2.4 X Image Extension Documentation
The X Image Extension (XIE) code provides a powerful mechanism for the
transfer and display of virtually any image on X-capable hardware.
Documentation
for XIE is provided in the
/usr/share/doclib/xie
directory
on an installed Tru64 UNIX system.
Before you can view or print an XIE document, you must uncompress it
using the
gzip
-d
command.
For more information,
see the
gzip(1)
reference page.
The following list describes the XIE documentation. The names of the individual files are listed after the titles.
X Image Extension Overview
(overview.ps.gz)
This document provides general information about the X Image Extension code. The topics covered include XIE design goals, historical summary, architecture, element definitions, and subsetting.
XIElib Specification
(xielib.ps.gz)
This document contains reference information about the XIElib functions, XIElib events, and XIElib errors. The Functions section covers such functions as startup, LUT, photomap, ROI, photoflo, client data, abort and await, photoflo element, technique, and free.
XIE Sample Implementation Architecture
(xieSIarch.ps.gz)
This document provides an architecture overview of XIE, including chapters on extension initialization, memory management, request dispatching, data representation, data structures, protocol requests, DIXIE photoflo management, DDXIE photoflo management, and photo elements.
X Image Extension Protocol Reference Manual, Version 5.0
(XIEProto.ps.gz)
This document specifies the X wire protocol for XIE. It defines the syntax, structure, and semantics of the XIE protocol elements. The topics covered include syntax specification, parameter types, resources, pipelined processing, import elements, process elements, export elements, events and errors, techniques, service class, and protocol encodings.
5.3 Associated Products CD-ROMs
The Associated Products CD-ROMs contain documentation for various
components of Tru64 UNIX.
The document called
Tru64 UNIX
Version 5.1A CD-ROMs
(a printed sheet packaged with the Tru64 UNIX
media kit) provides a list of the applications located on these CD-ROMs,
as do the
00README.TXT
files located on the CD-ROMs.
Both Associated Products CD-ROMs provide a graphical user interface that you can use to access documentation and to install product software. To use this interface, invoke Netscape and go to the following location:
file://<mount_point>/index.html
A list of products on the CD-ROM will be displayed. When you click on a product name, you will be given the option to install the product or access the documentation, if applicable.
The Associated Products CD-ROMs comply with the ISO 9660 Level 1 CD-ROM standard, which means you can view the contents of these CD-ROMs on a Windows PC or Macintosh or on any other system that uses that ISO standard.