Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of User Support, Getting Help


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04/03/06 13:13:33 (20 years ago)
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    44 * Read the documentation
     5 * Ask another user or refer to the wiki (this site); accounts can be made available
     6   for people who would like to add add suggestions or comments.
     7 * Email the systems admin: help@astro.columbia.edu
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    6 == Manual pages ==
     9=== Manual pages ===
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    8 An important source of written information is the UNIX manual pages. These are specially formatted text files that are conveniently viewed using the man-program. To get information about a particular command type:
     11An important source of written information is the Unix/Linux manual pages. These are specially formatted text files that are conveniently viewed using the man-program. To get information about a particular command type:
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    1013  man <command>
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    1821gives you information about the man program itself. If you prefer a point-and-click interface you might want to try xman. Beware that these manual pages sometimes can be rather obscure (the standard example being the manual pages to the command find). But they usually adhere to a structure with first a description of the command, then a listing of the command line options and an explanation of the usage (which usually merits repeated reading), a list of environment variables supported by the program and finally some examples of use.
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    20  * Ask another user or refer to the wiki (this site); accounts can be made available
    21    for people who would like to add add suggestions or comments.
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    23  * Email the systems admin: help@astro.columbia.edu