Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!jett!aft@pucc-k From: aft%pucc-k@jett.UUCP (Klosky) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Unix Pocket Guide Message-ID: <168@pucc-k.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 15:15:48 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.168 Posted: Thu Feb 16 15:15:48 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 08:06:49 EST Lines: 30 Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site akgua.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: akgua!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:aft Message-ID: <168@pucc-k> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 15:15:48 EST Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 09:26:58 EST Organization: Purdue University Computing Center >>>I have been recently introduced to Unix and have found the need for >>>what I would call a pocket guide. The MAN facility is neat but... We have assembled a UNIX Pocket Guide for our own use. It is about 3.5" x 6.25" and 76 pages long, with small type, like a dictionary. The pocket guide contains terse descriptions for programs listed in the first section of volume one of the regular manuals. Each entry has a brief sentence describing the command's action, a list of options, and cross references. The guide also contains a list of known environment variables, regular expression syntax and the ubiquitous ascii chart. When we assembled our pocket guide, we had vaxen running 4.1 and 11/70s running 2.? Berkeley. The pocket guide does attempt to point out differences between these and also describes local mods. We are reluctant to release copies, but if you have a license to unix, contact us for a copy. Purdue University Computing Center Attn: Peter Klosky (317)49-41787x226 Math Sciences, West Lafayette, IN 47907