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diff --git a/slackbook/html/help.html b/slackbook/html/help.html deleted file mode 100644 index 691282f6..00000000 --- a/slackbook/html/help.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,292 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> -<head> -<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> -<title>Help</title> -<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> -<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> -<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Open Source and Free Software" -href="introduction-opensource.html" /> -<link rel="NEXT" title="Online Help" href="help-online.html" /> -<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> -</head> -<body class="CHAPTER" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" -alink="#0000FF"> -<div class="NAVHEADER"> -<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" -cellspacing="0"> -<tr> -<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="introduction-opensource.html" -accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> -<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom"></td> -<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="help-online.html" -accesskey="N">Next</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> -</div> - -<div class="CHAPTER"> -<h1><a id="HELP" name="HELP"></a>Chapter 2 Help</h1> - -<div class="TOC"> -<dl> -<dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt> - -<dt>2.1 <a href="help.html#HELP-SYSTEM">System Help</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2 <a href="help-online.html">Online Help</a></dt> -</dl> -</div> - -<p>Often there are times when you might need help with a specific command, setting up a -program, or getting a piece of hardware to work. Maybe you simply want to understand a -given command better, or see what other options are available to use with it. Luckily, -there are a variety of ways that you can get the help you're looking for. When you -install Slackware you have the option of installing packages from the “F” -series which includes FAQs and HOWTOs. Programs also come with help about their options, -configuration files, and usage.</p> - -<div class="SECT1"> -<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="HELP-SYSTEM" name="HELP-SYSTEM">2.1 System Help</a></h1> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-SYSTEM-MAN" name="HELP-SYSTEM-MAN">2.1.1 <tt -class="COMMAND">man</tt></a></h2> - -<p>The <tt class="COMMAND">man</tt> command (short for “manual”) is the -traditional form of online documentation in Unix and Linux operating systems. Comprised -of specially formatted files, the “man pages”, are written for the vast -majority of commands and are distributed with the software itself. Executing <tt -class="COMMAND">man somecommand</tt> will display the man page for (naturally) the -command specified, in our example this would be the imaginary program <tt -class="COMMAND">somecommand</tt>.</p> - -<p>As you might imagine, the amount of man pages can quickly add up, becoming overly -confusing and seriously complicated, even for an advanced user. So, for this reason, man -pages are grouped into enumerated sections. This system has been around for a very long -time; enough so that you will often see commands, programs, and even programming library -functions referred to with their man section number.</p> - -<p>For example:</p> - -<p>You might see a reference to <tt class="COMMAND">man</tt>(1). The numbering tells you -that “<tt class="COMMAND">man</tt>” is documented in section 1 (user -commands); you can specify that you want the section 1 man page for “man” -with the command <tt class="COMMAND">man 1 man</tt>. Specifying the section that man -should look in is useful in the case of multiple items with the same name.</p> - -<div class="TABLE"><a id="AEN409" name="AEN409"></a> -<p><b>Table 2-1. Man Page Sections</b></p> - -<table border="0" frame="void" width="100%" class="CALSTABLE"> -<col width="25%" /> -<col width="75%" /> -<thead> -<tr> -<th>Section</th> -<th>Contents</th> -</tr> -</thead> - -<tbody> -<tr> -<td>Section 1</td> -<td>user commands (intro only)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 2</td> -<td>system calls</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 3</td> -<td>C library calls</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 4</td> -<td>devices (e.g., <tt class="FILENAME">hd</tt>, <tt class="FILENAME">sd</tt>)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 5</td> -<td>file formats and protocols (e.g., wtmp, <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/passwd</tt>, -nfs)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 6</td> -<td>games (intro only)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 7</td> -<td>conventions, macro packages, etc. (e.g., nroff, ascii)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Section 8</td> -<td>system administration (intro only)</td> -</tr> -</tbody> -</table> -</div> - -<p>In addition to <tt class="COMMAND">man</tt>(1), there are the commands <tt -class="COMMAND">whatis</tt>(1) and <tt class="COMMAND">apropos</tt>(1) available to you, -whose shared purpose is to make it easier to find information in the man system.</p> - -<p>The command <tt class="COMMAND">whatis</tt> gives a very brief description of system -commands, somewhat in the style of a pocket command reference.</p> - -<p>Example:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">whatis whatis</kbd> -whatis (1) - search the whatis database for complete words -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>The command <tt class="COMMAND">apropos</tt> is used to search for a man page -containing a given keyword.</p> - -<p>Example:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">apropos wav</kbd> -cdda2wav (1) - a sampling utility that dumps CD audio data into wav sound files -netwave_cs (4) - Xircom Creditcard Netwave device driver -oggdec (1) - simple decoder, Ogg Vorbis file to PCM audio file (WAV or RAW) -wavelan (4) - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver -wavelan_cs (4) - AT&T GIS WaveLAN PCMCIA device driver -wvlan_cs (4) - Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 device driver -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>If you'd like further information on any of these commands, read their man pages for -the details. ;)</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-SYSTEM-DOC" name="HELP-SYSTEM-DOC">2.1.2 The <tt -class="FILENAME">/usr/doc</tt> Directory</a></h2> - -<p>The source for most packages that we build comes with some sort of documentation: -README files, usage instructions, license files, etc. Any sort of documentation that -comes with the source is included and installed on your system in the <tt -class="FILENAME">/usr/doc</tt> directory. Each program will (usually) install its own -documentation in the order of:</p> - -<p><tt class="FILENAME">/usr/doc/<var -class="REPLACEABLE">$program-$version</var></tt></p> - -<p>Where <var class="REPLACEABLE">$program</var> is the name of the program you are -wanting to read about, and <var class="REPLACEABLE">$version</var> is (obviously) the -appropriate version of software package installed on your system.</p> - -<p>For example, to read the documentation for the command <tt class="COMMAND">man</tt>(1) -you would want to <tt class="COMMAND">cd</tt> to:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd /usr/doc/man-<var -class="REPLACEABLE">$version</var></kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>If reading the appropriate man page(s) doesn't provide you with enough information, or -address what you're looking for in particular, the <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/doc</tt> -directory should be your next stop.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-SYSTEM-HOWTO" name="HELP-SYSTEM-HOWTO">2.1.3 HOWTOs and -mini-HOWTOs</a></h2> - -<p>It is in the truest spirit of the Open Source community that brings us to the -HOWTO/mini-HOWTO collection. These files are exactly what they sound like - documents and -guides describing how to do stuff. If you installed the HOWTO collection, the HOWTOs will -be installed to <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs</tt> and the mini-HOWTOs to -<tt class="FILENAME">/usr/doc/Linux-mini-HOWTOs</tt>.</p> - -<p>Also included in the same package series is a collection of FAQs, which is an acronym -which stands for</p> - -<div class="INFORMALTABLE"><a id="AEN497" name="AEN497"></a> -<table border="0" frame="void" class="CALSTABLE"> -<col /> -<tbody> -<tr> -<td><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">F</i></span>requently</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">A</i></span>sked</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Q</i></span>uestions</td> -</tr> -</tbody> -</table> -</div> - -<p>These documents are written in a “Question and answer” style for -(surprise) Frequently Asked Questions. The FAQs can often be a very useful place to look -if you're just looking for a “Quick Fix” to something. If you decide to -install the FAQs during setup, you will find them installed to the <tt -class="FILENAME">/usr/doc/Linux-FAQs</tt> directory.</p> - -<p>These files are well worth reading whenever you're not quite sure how to proceed with -something. They cover an amazing range of topics, more often than not in a surprisingly -detailed manner. 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