AIX Documentation

[Dave Mason]

In article <2132 at hydra.gatech.EDU> tad at hydra.gatech.edu.UUCP (Tad K. Mannes) writes:
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>I've heard that one of the greatest features of AIX is the documentation,

This is VERY much a matter of opinion.

>Is this bunk or is it really any better than the usual Unix(r)
>documentation?

The documentation bears little resemblance to standard unix manuals.
Plus they've added a fair number of commands (and seemingly changed
the names of some others) (and definitely changed options for MANY
commands, often gratuitously).  The manuals have been reordered, and
lots of cutesy pictures added.  The manuals remind me of PeeCee
manuals: heavy on leading you through where to find the `enter' key;
light on explaining what is going on (or describing the 1000 ways AIX
does things differently from SysV or BSD).

If you are new to Unix, I might be convinced that this is a Good Thing.

If not, you will probably find it a nightmare.

I don't know whether you can get on-line manual pages or not... we, at
least, don't have any and I regret that every time I have to do
something new on the beast (RT).

	../Dave

(The comparison to the MIPS that arrived last week is awesome, and I
don't just mean the hardware.... anybody want to buy a nice fully
configured RT?)