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3. 1 1 1 Core Documentation Core documentation consists of books and reference pages that help you to use the Tru64 UNIX operating system including the components provided when you install the system s optional and mandatory subsets The core documentation is provided in printed and online formats and was created by Compaq writers who worked closely with the developers of the operating system to document the system s various components except for a few externally published manuals On line the Tru64 UNIX reference pages are available as optional subsets of the operating system and in HTML format on the Documentation CD ROM They are also available as printed books in a multivolume kit For information about the core manuals and guides see the Printed and Online Documentation sections of Chapter 2 Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 For information about the reference pages see Chapter 6 1 1 2 Supplementary Documentation Supplementary documentation tends to be less formal in structure than the core documentation This category includes many different types of documents such as QuickSpecs formerly called Product Descriptions release notes for some components of the Tru64 UNIX operating system and industry reference material and white papers that come from Compaq engineers and other sources Supplementary documentation exists only on line so it is not available in any of the printed Tru64 UNIX documentation kits Much of the sup
4. Logical Storage Manager Network Administration The information in this manual has been divided into two new manuals Network Administration Connections Section 3 1 13 Network Administration Services Section 3 1 14 Performance Manager online only document Sharing Software on a Local Area Network System Administration Update Installation Quick Reference Card print only document X Window System Environment Programming Documentation Compaq C Language Reference Manual Guide to Preparing Product Kits Ladebug Debugger Manual online only document Network Programmer s Guide 1 4 Finding the Documentation You Need Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features online only document Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features online only document 1 2 3 New Documentation The following documentation is new with this release Managing Online Addition and Removal This manual is provided on line and in printed format it is included with the system and network management documentation Cluster LAN Interconnect This manual is provided on line and in printed format it is included with the system and network management documentation and the programming documentation System Limits This document is available only from the Web See Section 1 4 2 for more information 1 2 4 Removed Documentation The Compaq Portable Mathematics Library manual has been removed from the Tru64 UNIX documentation set
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6. Guide 4 7 Common Desktop Environment Desktop KornShell User s Guide 4 8 Common Desktop Environment Help System Author s and Programmer s Guide 4 8 Common Desktop Environment Internationalization Programmer s Guide 4 8 Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary 4 8 Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Guide 4 9 Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Overview 4 9 Index 2 Common Desktop Environment Style Guide and Certification Checklist 4 9 Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk Messaging Overview 4 10 Common Desktop Environment User s Guide 2 8 Compaq Analyze 3 7 Compaq C Language Reference Manual 4 2 Compaq Crash Analysis Tool See CCAT Compaq Portable Mathematics Library manual 1 5 configuration cloning 3 5 core documentation defined 1 2 for general users 2 1 for programmers 4 1 for system and network managers 3 1 viewing on the Web 1 8 D DDK See device driver documentation debugging See Kernel Debugging manual Ladebug Debugger Manual DEC C Language Reference Manual See Compaq C Language Reference Manual DECevent Translation and Reporting Utility manual 3 13 DECthreads See Guide to the POSIX Threads Library Developer s Documentation Kit See programming documentation device driver documentation books in set described 7 1 kit for 7 1 viewing documentation on the Web 1 8 Device
7. It is still available on the Web in the documentation sets of previous releases of the operating system 1 2 5 Device Driver Documentation Chapter 7 now describes the documentation provided with Version 2 of the Device Driver Kit 1 3 What You Get The documentation that you receive from Compaq depends upon the purchase you make If you purchase a Tru64 UNIX media kit you receive a CD ROM containing all of the online documentation as well as printed versions of the Startup documentation described in Section 1 5 If you purchase the Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit you receive printed versions of the books described in Section 1 5 If you purchase an Update Contract for the media you receive the most current version of the Documentation CD ROM and printed versions of new and revised books in the Startup documentation Finding the Documentation You Need 1 5 e If you purchase an Update Contract for the documentation set you receive printed versions of the books that have been updated e If you purchase a system with the Tru64 UNIX operating system preinstalled often called a FIS system for factory installed software online versions of the following books are installed on the system Release Notes for Version 5 1A Installation Guide Installation Guide Advanced Topics Security System Administration Network Administration Services Network Administration Connections Documentation O
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9. Driver Kit See device driver documentation Documentation CD ROM described 1 7 general user information on 2 1 mounting 1 8 programming documentation on 4 1 search facility for 1 7 system and network management information on 3 1 documentation kits See Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kits documentation library See online Documentation Library documentation update contract 1 6 E end user documentation See general user documentation F factory installed software See FIS features of operating system See operating system Fibre Channel on TruCluster Server systems 3 3 FIS documentation included on 1 6 foreign language See Asian languages Full Installation Quick Start printed card 3 12 See also Update Installation Quick Reference printed card G general user documentation books in kit 1 10 category in online Documentation Library 1 7 defined 1 1 overview of books 2 1 Guide to Preparing Product Kits in Developer s Kit 4 3 in Device Driver Kit 7 2 Guide to Prestoserve 3 4 Guide to Realtime Programming 4 3 Guide to the POSIX Threads Library 4 3 H How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation printed card described 2 6 inclusion in media kit 1 12 How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation file on Documentation CD ROM 2 8 HTML files reading with a browser 1 6 118N Index 3 See Writing Software for th
10. User Documentation Kit See Section 2 1 9 for information about this manual Sharing Software on a Local Area Network revised The Sharing Software on a Local Area Network manual describes Remote Installation Services RIS and Dataless Management Services DMS The RIS utility is used for installing software across a network instead of using locally mounted media RIS topics discussed in this manual include the following e Preparing and configuring a RIS server e Booting a RIS client e Managing RIS clients and environments e Managing a RIS profile set e Troubleshooting a RIS system DMS allows a server system to maintain the root usr and var file systems for client systems Each client computer has its own root file system on the server but clients share the usr and var file systems DMS topics discussed in this manual include the following e Setting up and configuring a DMS environment e Managing DMS clients and environments e Troubleshooting DMS Software License Management The Software License Management manual describes how to use the License Management Facility LMF to manage software licenses from Compaq Although intended primarily for system administrators responsible for managing software licenses on Tru64 UNIX systems this manual also provides information for anyone who uses licensed software on Tru64 UNIX systems System and Network Management Documentation 3 9 3 1 18 The LMF software can be used
11. Yes Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features Yes No Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features Yes No Technical Reference for Using Korean Features Yes No Technical Reference for Using Thai Features Yes No ToolTalk Reference Manual Yes No ToolTalk User s Guide Yes No Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs No Yes Update Installation Quick Reference Card No Yes Writing Kernel Modules Yes Yes Writing Software for the International Market Yes Yes Xlib C Language X Interface Yes No X Logical Font Description Conventions Yes No X Toolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface Yes No X Window System Administrator s Guide No Yes X Window System Environment Yes Yes A 6 Documentation Listings Table A 1 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation cont Title On Printed Line X Window System Protocol Yes No X Window System The Complete Reference to Xlib Yes No X Protocol ICCCM XFLD Documentation Listings A 7 A Index Advanced Printing Software books packaged with kit 2 7 documentation for 1 12 User Guide 2 7 Advanced Server for UNIX See ASU AdvFS administration manual 3 1 documentation for separately licensed utilities 1 12 applications See layered products archives See previous versions of Tru64 UNIX manuals Asian languages 4 10 Assembly Language Programmer s Guide 4 1 Associated Products CD ROMs documentation for separatel
12. books that are for system and network administrators P Indicates books that are for programmers Although a book s primary audience determines the documentation kit it is packaged in some books help meet the needs of several audiences For example a general user can read the Programming Support Tools manual packaged in the Developer s Documentation Kit to get advanced information about using commands such as grep or awk The Security manual packaged in the General User Documentation Kit provides information for system administrators and programmers as well as for general users Keep this in mind when searching for information on specific topics The following sections describe the kits that comprise the Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit and the documentation that each kit contains This documentation is also provided on line except where indicated 1 5 1 End User Documentation Kit The End User Documentation Kit contains all the information needed to install use and administer the Tru64 UNIX system This kit is divided into three subkits as follows e Startup Documentation Kit This kit is primarily for the person who installs the Tru64 UNIX operating system It contains information on how to configure software components and some information such as the Release Notes needed by all Tru64 UNIX users When you order the Tru64 UNIX operating system the books in the Startup Documentation Kit are packaged with the distribution me
13. easily move from book to book as you gather the information you need When following links to reference pages the first reference page opens in a new window and references to subsequent reference pages will appear in the same reference page window as long as you keep it on your screen The Documentation CD ROM also contains the webman viewer a program you can use with your browser to view reference pages For information about the webman viewer see Chapter 6 To mount the Documentation CD ROM on Tru64 UNIX systems PCs and Macintosh computers see the information accompanying the Documentation CD ROM The Tru64 UNIX Installation Guide provides an overview of using CD ROMs on Tru64 UNIX systems 1 4 2 Documentation on the World Wide Web You can find most of the Tru64 UNIX core and supplementary documentation the reference pages and other useful documentation on the World Wide Web To view this documentation point your browser to the following Web site http www tru64unix compaq com docs Other documentation you will find there includes the following e Tru64 UNIX Best Practices documentation see Section 5 1 for details e Tru64 UNIX Device Driver documentation library see Chapter 7 for details e TruCluster Server including the TruCluster reference pages e Documentation sets from previous versions of the operating system e Advanced Server for UNIX ASU 1 8 Finding the Documentation You Need e Internet Express for Tru6
14. hardware operating systems and networks The following topics are discussed e Hardware requirements and restrictions e SCSI bus requirements how to set up a shared SCSI bus and how to connect storage to a shared SCSI bus using the latest UltraSCSI 3 2 System and Network Management Documentation products DS DWZZH UltraSCSI hubs and HSZ70 and HSZ80 RAID array controllers e How to prepare systems for a TruCluster Server configuration and how to connect host bus adapters to shared storage using the DS DWZZH UltraSCSI hubs and the newest RAID array controllers HSZ70 and HSZ80 e How to set up and upgrade Memory Channel cluster interconnects e An overview of Fibre Channel and how to set up Fibre Channel hardware to allow Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server installation on Fibre Channel disks e The use of AlphaServer GS80 GS160 or GS320 hardware partitions in a TruCluster Server configuration e How to configure a shared SCSI bus for tape drive tape loader or tape library usage e Requirements for a shared SCSI bus using externally terminated configurations and radial configurations using non UltraSCSI RAID array controllers e How to prepare systems and host bus adapters for TruCluster Server configurations using externally terminated configurations and radial configurations using non UltraSCSI RAID array controllers 3 1 4 Cluster Highly Available Applications revised The Cluster Highly Available Applications manual des
15. how to submit jobs to your printer using the command line interface It also shows you how to set up your local print environment and monitor jobs you have submitted This manual is also packaged with the software kit as is the following companion documentation e Advanced Printing Software System Administration and Operation Guide e Advanced Printing Software Command Reference Guide e Advanced Printing Software Release Notes e Advanced Printing Software Installation Guide General User Documentation 2 7 2 3 3 Common Desktop Environment User s Guide The Common Desktop Environment User s Guide describes the basic features of the CDE and describes how to use the desktop and the desktop applications It expands upon some of the topics in the CDE Companion and provides illustrations of the graphical interface as it is displayed on workstation screens 2 3 4 Common Desktop Environment Advanced User s and System Administrator s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Advanced User s and System Administrator s Guide describes how to customize the appearance and behavior of the CDE It provides information on topics such as the following e Customizing system initialization login and session initiation e Adding applications and providing interface representations for applications and their data e Configuring desktop processes applications and data across the network e Customizing desktop services such as window manage
16. kernel device driver product kits It provides the information that kit developers need to produce kernel products and layered product kits This is the same manual that is included in the Developer s Kit of the Tru64 UNIX documentation set Installation Instructions and Release Notes This manual explains how to install the Device Driver Kit Version 2 0 product including source code with sample drivers and user manuals It also describes changes to the product and documentation since Device Driver Kit Release 1 0 7 2 Device Driver Documentation A Documentation Listings This appendix lists the core and supplementary components of the Tru64 UNIX documentation A 1 Components of the Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Printed Documentation Kits The following sections list the contents of the Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server documentation kits A 1 1 Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit The documentation in the following list comprises the Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit QA 6ADAA GZ Except where indicated this documentation is also provided on the Documentation CD ROM See Section 1 5 for information about the printed documentation Startup Kit QA 6ADAC GZ Release Notes for Version 5 1A Tru64 UNIX Technical Overview for Version 5 1A Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A Installation Guide Installation Guide Advanced Topics Full Installation Quick Start Card printed only Update Installation Quick Reference Card pr
17. operating system with enhanced security The reader should have general programming knowledge including knowing how to use the Tru64 UNIX programming tools Topics in this part include the following Using the security information stored in the authentication database Using the per process audit ID AUID which is unique to Tru64 UNIX The mechanics of writing and reading audit records Using the Security Integration Architecture SIA interfaces Programming with ACLs 2 1 10 Technical Overview for Version 5 1A revised The Technical Overview for Version 5 1A describes the major components of the Tru64 UNIX operating system The opening chapter provides an introduction to the operating system including discussions of recent enhancements licensing and available optional software This is followed by more in depth discussions on various aspects of the operating system A partial list of the topics follows e Features available to system administrators General User Documentation 2 5 e Networking protocols and applications e Supported file systems e The Tru64 UNIX kernel symmetric multiprocessing virtual memory and device recognition e Major features of the Tru64 UNIX development environment e Tru64 UNIX interoperability with Windows NT and Windows 2000 e Tru64 UNIX security e Internationalization features An appendix to this manual lists the Internet RFC Request for Comments standards and non RFC st
18. 4 UNIX formerly Open Source Internet Solutions e Tru64 UNIX Porting Guides e Tru64 UNIX POSIX Conformance Documentation e System Limits This document lists the system limits for the components of the Tru64 UNIX operating system The Web site also provides updates to documentation between formal product releases For example Compaq maintains online Technical Updates which provide information about restrictions and problems that have been discovered with specific versions since their release Visit the following Web site to see the Technical Update for Version 5 1A http www tru64unix compaq com docs pub_page update_list html We recommend that you view this site periodically to see if any new information has been added 1 5 Printed Documentation When you purchase a Tru64 UNIX media kit you receive printed versions of various manuals to help you install and begin using the operating system To receive printed versions of the rest of the core documentation you must order a Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit Figure 1 1 or one or more of its subkits Figure 1 1 Structure of the Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit End User Ganeral Kit User Kit System and Network Management Kit Developer s Kit Finding the Documentation You Need 1 9 The printed manuals include a letter icon on the spine to help you quickly find the book you are looking for The following icons are used G Indicates books that are for general users S Indicates
19. 64 UNIX is packaged in a separately orderable Device Driver Kit DDK This documentation was produced by Compaq writers working closely with the device driver developers This kit Version 2 0 part number QA 6ADAV A8 contains a CD ROM that includes the Tru64 UNIX Device Driver sample drivers driver development tool code template generator documentation in HTML and PDF formats and printed installation instructions and release notes You can obtain printed copies of the documentation by ordering the Tru64 UNIX Device Driver Documentation Kit part number QA 6ADAV GZ The rest of this section describes the books in the DDK This information is provided here because of the close relationship between the device driver documentation and the Tru64 UNIX documentation set Note The Device Driver Kit is produced independently of the Tru64 UNIX operating system The following descriptions are for Version 2 December 2000 of the Device Driver Kit which supports Tru64 UNIX Version V5 0A and higher For information about this kit visit the following Web site http www tru64unix compaq com docs pub_page devdoc_list html Writing Device Drivers This manual contains information that systems engineers need when writing a device driver for hardware that runs on the Tru64 UNIX operating system This manual replaces the manual Writing Device Drivers Tutorial It includes the chapter on funnels and the chapter on how to write disk dev
20. Configuration File Guide describes the Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND Version 8 and its implementation as an Internet name server for BSD derived operating systems Version 8 is more configurable than previous releases of BIND with new areas of configuration such as access control lists and categorized logging 3 12 System and Network Management Documentation Also you can now selectively use many options that previously applied to all zones 3 3 2 DECevent Translation and Reporting Utility DECevent provides an interface between a system user and the operating system s event logger DECevent can help system administrators to troubleshoot Tru64 UNIX system problems The DECevent Translation and Reporting Utility manual describes the DECevent command features related to the translation and reporting of events on Tru64 UNIX operating systems It contains an overview of the utility information on how to obtain help for the utility and information about all the commands necessary to translate event logs on Tru64 UNIX operating systems 3 3 3 Performance Manager revised Performance Manager is a real time performance management tool that allows system administrators to detect and correct performance problems in Tru64 UNIX systems The three primary components of the Performance Manager are a graphical user interface the Performance Manager daemon and an activity daemon An additional daemon monitors systems running the TruCluste
21. E users 4 8 Programming Documentation 4 3 6 Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Guide contains the information needed to integrate an existing application into the CDE desktop It also describes how to write new CDE applications Readers should be familiar with Motif X UNIX and C programming 4 3 7 Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Overview The Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Overview provides a high level view of the development environment and the developer documentation set for CDE It is for the following audiences e Application developers who develop new CDE applications or integrate existing OSF Motif applications into CDE e Managers or project leaders interested in designing a project involving applications that will run on CDE 4 3 8 Common Desktop Environment Style Guide and Certification Checklist The Common Desktop Environment Style Guide and Certification Checklist provides style guidelines for CDE application design and lists the requirements for CDE application level certification CDE requirements consist of the OSF Motif Version 1 2 requirements with CDE specific additions 4 3 9 Java Documentation 4 3 10 The Tru64 UNIX operating system includes a Java Development Kit JDK which provides tools to develop and run Java applets and programs on the Tru64 UNIX operating system The Java Development Kit overview provi
22. NIX operating system Books identified as revised were updated with the Version 5 1A release 4 1 Printed and Online Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM and in the optional printed documentation kits For more information on the printed documentation set see Section 1 5 4 1 1 Assembly Language Programmer s Guide The Assembly Language Programmer s Guide describes the Alpha hardware architecture s assembly language which is supported by the Tru64 UNIX compiler system The manual describes the assembly language syntax rules and how to write assembly language programs This manual is for system software developers who are writing assembly language programs on or for Tru64 UNIX 4 1 2 Asynchronous Transfer Mode The Asynchronous Transfer Mode manual describes the Tru64 UNIX Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM subsystem how to configure the subsystem and how to use the ATM kernel interfaces It is written for experienced UNIX kernel programmers who are responsible for writing ATM device drivers and kernel modules After reading this manual a kernel programmer should be able to do the following e Understand the ATM subsystem architecture Programming Documentation 4 1 e Configure ATM software e Understand how the different kernel interfaces operate e Write a kernel module This manual does not describe the application programming interface API that
23. Reference for Using Chinese Features 4 10 Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features 4 10 Technical Reference for Using Korean Features 4 10 Technical Reference for Using Thai Features 4 10 technical updates available on Web 1 9 for Version 5 1A 2 4n Thai See Technical Reference for Using Thai Features threads See Guide to the POSIX Threads Library ToolTalk Reference Manual 4 11 ToolTalk service documentation for 4 10 ToolTalk User s Guide 4 10 Tru64 UNIX Calling Standard for Alpha Systems manual 4 2 Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit structure of 1 9 Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kits overview 1 9 Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs printed sheet 2 7 TruCluster Server software for 1 12 TruCluster Server manuals Cluster Administration 3 2 Cluster Hardware Configuration 3 2 Cluster Highly Available Applications 3 3 Cluster Installation 3 3 Cluster LAN Interconnect 3 4 Cluster Release Notes 2 2 Cluster Technical Overview 2 2 revised 1 3 viewing documentation on the Web 1 8 Index 7 U Update Installation Quick Reference Card 3 12 See also Full Installation Quick Start printed card W Web search facility for 1 7 viewing Tru64 UNIX documentation on 1 8 Web Based Enterprise Service See WEBES WEBES 3 7 webman See reference pages WLS installing after a Full Installation 3 5 World Wide Web See Web Worldwide L
24. SI compliant C compiler for Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS VAX and Alpha systems The C language is based on the ISO C Standard ISO 9899 1990 1992 formerly the ANSI X3J11 committee s standard for the C programming language commonly called ANSI C This manual describes all library functions and language extensions to the ANSI C standard 4 2 Programming Documentation This manual is intended for programmers who need reference information on the Compaq C language For task oriented information or platform specific information see the cc 1 reference page and the Programmer s Guide 4 1 6 Guide to Preparing Product Kits revised The Guide to Preparing Product Kits describes the procedures for creating maintaining and installing the collections of files and directories that make up a layered product kit A kit is the standard mechanism by which layered product modifications are delivered and maintained on a Tru64 UNIX system Kits are distributed on CD ROM diskettes or tape for installation on customers systems This is the same manual that is included in the Tru64 UNIX Device Drivers Kit Chapter 7 4 1 7 Guide to Realtime Programming The Guide to Realtime Programming is for programmers who are developing realtime applications on Tru64 UNIX systems It provides information on writing new realtime applications and porting existing realtime applications from other systems This manual does not present function syntax or refer
25. SIX Threads See Guide to the POSIX Threads Library preferred methods for performing tasks See Best Practices Prestoserve See Guide to Prestoserve previous versions of Tru64 UNIX manuals 1 8 printed documentation See Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit Programmer s Guide 4 4 Programmer s Guide STREAMS 4 7 programming documentation Index 5 books in kit 1 11 category in online Documentation Library 1 7 defined 1 1 overview of books 4 1 Programming Support Tools manual 4 5 Programming with ONC RPC manual 4 5 Q Quick Reference Card 2 6 QuickSpecs 5 2 R realtime programming See Guide to Realtime Programming reference pages available as optional subsets 1 2 in printed books 6 2 on the Web 1 8 overview of sections 6 3 reading on line 6 1 webman viewer for 6 1 Release Notes included in Technical Update on Web 2 4n on FIS system 1 6 overview of 2 4 Remote Installation Services See RIS Request of Comments See RFCs revised documentation 1 3 RFCs 2 6 RIS installing from a RIS server 3 5 S Safety amp Comfort Guide Index 6 on FIS system 1 6 overview of 2 8 SCSI bus on TruCluster Server systems 3 2 search facility for documentation on intranet and Web 1 7 Security manual on FIS system 1 6 overview of 2 4 Sharing Software on a Local Area Network manual 3 9 software development See progra
26. Tru64 UNIX Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A Part Number AA RH8RD TE June 2001 Product Version Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A This manual describes the documentation for the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system It also describes the structure of the documentation kits and provides information about ordering them Compaq Computer Corporation Houston Texas 2001 Compaq Computer Corporation COMPAQ the Compaq logo AlphaServer TruCluster and VAX Registered in U S Patent and Trademark Office Tru64 OpenVMS and Alpha are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group L P in the United States and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Motif in the United States and other countries OSF 1 UNIX X Window System and The Open Group are trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Confidential computer software Valid license from Compaq required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein The information in this document is provided as is without warr
27. 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 e 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 e 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 e XIE Sample Implementation Architecture xieSlarch 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 e 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 ele
28. able software interface consistent with other OSF Motif applications 4 2 3 Programmer s Guide STREAMS The Programmer s Guide STREAMS published by Prentice Hall provides information on the use of the STREAMS mechanism at the user and kernel levels It contains introductory information for those who are unfamiliar with the STREAMS mechanism This manual addresses topics such as using STREAMS to monitor control and poll STREAMS designing and implementing STREAMS modules and drivers and using STREAMS based pipes and FIFOs It also describes the STREAMS multiplexing facility and the STREAMS based terminal and pseudo terminal subsystems 4 3 Online Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the Documentation CD ROM and the Web 4 3 1 Common Desktop Environment Application Builder User s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Application Builder User s Guide introduces the Application Builder and explains how to use it to build CDE applications Because the Application Builder helps to easily create and modify user interfaces it is a powerful tool for programmers user interface designers and project managers Programming Documentation 4 7 4 3 2 Common Desktop Environment Desktop KornShell User s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Desktop KornShell User s Guide provides the information needed to create Motif applications with KornShell ksh scripts It also provides several
29. allation e An overview of ways to manage software e On overview of the Tru64 UNIX mandatory and optional subsets e The Tru64 UNIX device naming conventions e An overview of the processes for installing associated products e An overview of the installation log files which capture the screen output and processing of Full Update and Cloned installations This manual is intended for anyone who is installing or updating the operating system software or the Worldwide Language Support WLS software 3 1 9 Installation Guide Advanced Topics revised The Installation Guide Advanced Topics manual describes advanced installation procedures for the Tru64 UNIX operating system Topics include the following e Performing an Update or Full Installation from a Remote Installation Services RIS server e Adding support for additional languages Worldwide Language Support software subsets after the base operating system is installed e Using the UNIX shell to perform disk and file system maintenance before or during a Full Installation e Using the built in disk planning features of the Full Installation process e Installing and updating product kits e Customizing the installation process e Duplicating the installation and configuration characteristics of a running system onto one or more systems using the Installation Cloning and Configuration Cloning processes This manual is intended for experienced installers who want to take ad
30. also includes information for solving problems that might arise while using the network and network services The topics discussed include the following e The Domain Name System DNS environment and how to configure and manage DNS servers and clients e The Network Information Service NIS formerly Yellow Pages environment and how to configure and manage NIS servers and clients e The Network File System NFS environment and how to configure and manage NFS servers and clients e The UNIX to UNIX Copy Program UUCP and how to configure and manage it e The components of the Network Time Protocol NTP and how to configure and manage NTP clients and servers e The components of the Tru64 UNIX mail system and information such as How to configure mail the sendmail utility on a standalone system or across an enterprise How to configure POP and IMAP mail How to administer mail on server and client systems e The Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP implementation on a Tru64 UNIX system 3 8 System and Network Management Documentation 3 1 15 3 1 16 3 1 17 e Troubleshooting networks and network services using flow charts and other problem solving tools Security revised The online version of the Security manual is included with the system and network administration information because it contains information of interest to those administrators However the printed version is included only in the End
31. an ek oe e dee ee ee A 3 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation cce cess eee cece ee eeeenee eee enenas Contents 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 9 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 11 Nh N Oh A 1 Index Figures 1 1 2 1 Tables A 1 Structure of the Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit Example Master Index Search ccccceeee cece eneeeeaes Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation Contents vii About This Manual This manual describes the documentation that comes with the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system It also provides information about the structure of the documentation kits and the tools used to access the documentation Audience This manual is for anyone who needs to access documentation about the Tru64 UNIX operating system It can help you decide which manuals in the documentation set are most useful to you and how you can use those manuals New and Changed Features This manual was revised to provide you with information about changes to the Tru64 UNIX documentation that have been made since the last release of the operating system For an overview of the major changes to the Version 5 1A documentation set see Section 1 2 Organization This manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 Provides general information about the Tru64 UNIX documentation set Chapter 2 Describes the manuals and other do
32. and network administrators configure Alpha VME single board computers SBCs PCI ISA modular SBCs and VMEbus backplane networks in which SBCs operate as Ethernet nodes This manual is for experienced system and network administrators who are thoroughly familiar with their platform s I O bus and with the operating system concepts commands and configurations 3 1 21 X Window System Environment revised The X Window System Environment manual describes various aspects of the X Window System environment as it is implemented on Tru64 UNIX It provides information on how to perform system administration tasks for the Tru64 UNIX X Window System environment and describes how to customize X Window System resources and key mappings It also provides information about programming within the Tru64 UNIX X Window System environment 3 2 Printed Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided only in printed books This documentation is included in the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits System and Network Management Documentation 3 11 3 2 1 Full Installation Quick Start revised The Full Installation Quick Start card describes the basic steps for performing a Full Installation of the Tru64 UNIX operating system from the installation CD ROM It walks you through the process of performing preinstallation tasks installing the operating system and setting up services Users of this card should have a working knowledge o
33. andards to which the Tru64 UNIX operating system conforms When viewing the Technical Overview on line on a system connected to the Internet you can click on an RFC to display the text of that RFC in your Web browser Because this book might introduce new terms to you it contains the Glossary of Common UNIX and General Computer Terms When using the online version of the Technical Overview for Version 5 1A some of the terms used within the discussions are linked to the Glossary which means you are a mouse click away from the term s definition 2 2 Printed Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided only in printed books This documentation is included in the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits 2 2 1 Quick Reference Card revised The Quick Reference Card provides fingertip access to the format of common user commands such as cd chmod lpr and man The card also describes options that are commonly used with each command Additionally this card provides command summaries for the vi emacs Mail and mail applications and it summarizes the rules for forming regular expressions It provides a description of command control symbols such as the pipe symbol and gives definitions of shell environment variables and metacharacters 2 2 2 How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation revised The Tru64 UNIX documentation is available to you whether you are working in your office or on the road on an Alpha sy
34. anguage Support See WLS Writing a Graphics Device Driver and DDX for the Tru64 UNIX X Server 7 2 Writing Device Drivers 7 1 Writing Kernel Modules manual in Developer s Kit 4 5 in Device Driver Kit 7 2 Writing Network Device Drivers 7 2 Index 8 Writing PCI Bus Device Drivers 7 2 Writing Software for the International Market 4 6 Writing VMEbus Device Drivers 7 2 X X Image Extension document See XIE X Logical Font Description Conventions document 4 12 X Toolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface document 4 12 X Window System supplementary documentation for 4 11 X Window System Administrator s Guide 3 12 X Window System Environment manual 3 11 X Window System Protocol document 4 11 X Window System The Complete Reference to Xlib X Protocol ICCCM XFLD 4 11 XIE supplementary documentation for 5 3 Xlib C Language X Interface document 4 12 xman command 6 2
35. anty of any kind and is subject to change without notice The warranties for Compaq products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty Contents About This Manual 1 Finding the Documentation You Need 1 1 Introduction to the Documentation Set cccce cece ees 1 1 1 1 1 Core Documentation 00 cece cece eee eeeee eee eeeeeeees 1 2 1 1 2 Supplementary Documentation cccce eee eee 1 2 1 1 3 Layered Products vicsascccc seccsasasesea scene cssaansececs ces saanie 1 3 1 2 Changes to the Version 5 1A Documentation Set 1 3 1 2 1 Structural Changes cccccc eere aa Arere 1 3 1 2 2 Revised Documentation ccc ccc cece cece cece ee eees 1 3 1 2 3 New Documentation ccc cece ce eee e cece eee eneeneeeenes 1 5 1 2 4 Removed Documentation ccc cece cece cece ee ee eees 1 5 1 2 5 Device Driver Documentation 6 cccee eee e eee ees 1 5 1 3 What You Get oeron oreren beeen dk Ha aan dian eens Soa ea ae va 1 5 1 4 Online Documentation cc cece ccc cece cece teen ee eees 1 6 1 4 1 The Documentation CD ROM c ccc cece eee ees 1 7 1 4 2 Documentation on the World Wide Web 66 1 8 1 5 Printed Documentation ccccc cece eee ne eee eeaeennes 1 9 1 5 1 End User Document
36. ary Yes Yes How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation No Yes How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation Yes No Installation Guide Yes Yes Installation Guide Advanced Topics Yes Yes Inter Client Communication Conventions Manual Yes No Java Documentation Yes No Kernel Debugging Yes Yes Ladebug Debugger Manual Yes No Logical Storage Manager Yes Yes Managing Online Addition and Removal Yes Yes Master Index Yes Yes Network Administration Connections Yes Yes Network Administration Services Yes Yes Network Programmer s Guide Yes Yes New and Changed Features from Prior Releases Yes No Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification Yes No OSF Motif Programmer s Guide No Yes OSF Motif Style Guide No Yes Performance Manager Yes No Programmer s Guide Yes Yes Programmer s Guide STREAMS No Yes Documentation Listings A 5 Table A 1 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation cont Title On Printed Line Programming Support Tools Yes Yes Programming with ONC RPC Yes Yes Quick Reference Card No Yes Release Notes for Version 5 1A Yes Yes Safety amp Comfort Guide Yes No Security Yes Yes sendmail Installation and Operation Guide Yes No Sharing Software on a Local Area Network Yes Yes Software License Management Yes Yes System Administration Yes Yes System Configuration and Tuning Yes Yes System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms Yes Yes Tru64 UNIX Technical Overview for Version 5 1A Yes
37. ation Kit ccc cece cece ee eee 1 10 1 5 2 Developer s Documentation Kit c cece eeee eens 1 11 1 5 3 Additional Documentation in the Media Kit 1 12 1 6 Documentation for Layered Products ccceeeeeeeeees 1 12 1 6 1 TruCluster Server Software ccc cece cece cece eens eens 1 12 1 6 2 Other Products Packaged with Tru64 UNIX 1 12 1 6 3 Tru64 UNIX Alpha Online Documentation Library 1 13 1 6 4 Device Driver Documentation 00 0 ccee eee e eee nes 1 13 2 General User Documentation 2 1 Printed and Online Documentation ccc cess 2 1 2 1 1 CDE COMPANION tects iten a ier oie elk Baga Me eee ese 2 1 2 1 2 Cluster Release Notes revised 0cccceeeceeeeeeeeees 2 2 2 1 3 Cluster Technical Overview revised c00ceeee eens 2 2 2 1 4 Command and Shell User s Guide revised 2 2 2 1 5 Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A revised 2 2 2 1 6 Master Index revised ccc cece een ee eee ne nee neeenennes 2 3 Contents iii 2 1 7 2 1 8 2 1 9 2 1 2 2 10 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 6 Programming Support Tools 0ccccccccecenenne eee eennnes Release Notes for Version 5 1A revised 0ceecee ees Security revised cc cece ccc eee eee een n esses a Technical Overview for Version 5 1A revised
38. by companies other than Compaq Those companies can issue Product Authorization Keys PAKs or have Compaq issue them on their behalf Additionally other companies can include license checking functions in their software However the Software License Management manual addresses only software that is supplied and produced by Compaq System Administration revised The System Administration manual describes how to configure use and maintain the Tru64 UNIX operating system It includes information on general day to day activities and tasks changing system configurations and locating and eliminating sources of trouble System administrators are provided with overviews of administrative concepts as well as step by step instructions to perform necessary tasks using either the SysMan graphical interface or the command line tools The topics discussed include the following e System administration methods and utilities e Shutting down and starting up a system e Customizing the system environment e Configuring the kernel e Managing hardware e Administering file systems e Administering user accounts and groups e Administering the print services e Administering the archiving services e Administering the system accounting services e Monitoring and testing the system e Monitoring and administrating system events e Administering crash dumps This manual is for system administrators responsible for managing the operating system The
39. ces the features of a TruCluster Server cluster Subsequent chapters provide a more in depth description of certain features including e Clusterwide file systems storage and device names e The connection manager e Highly available applications e The cluster application availability CAA component e The cluster alias subsystem e The cluster interconnect e The distributed lock manager DLM e Installation and system management Note A printed version of this book is packaged with the Tru64 UNIX operating system media but is not included in any of the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits It is however included in the TruCluster Server documentation kit 2 1 4 Command and Shell User s Guide revised The Command and Shell User s Guide introduces the basic features of the Tru64 UNIX operating system It describes how to use the command line interface and to perform such tasks as copying files and creating directories It also describes how to use the shells and their built in commands Although this manual is primarily for users who have little or no familiarity with UNIX compatible systems experienced users can find useful shortcuts and tips 2 1 5 Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A revised The document you are currently reading 2 2 General User Documentation 2 1 6 Master Index revised The Master Index can help you find the information you need in the core documentation set as follows In the pri
40. cribes how to move applications from a TruCluster Available Server or TruCluster Production Server to a TruCluster Server environment and how to use TruCluster Server functionality to make applications highly available A tutorial is provided on how to use the Cluster Application Availability CAA subsystem to track the state of members and resources in a cluster and restart or relocate them to another member if a failure in an application is detected This manual also describes how to use TruCluster Server application programming interfaces APIs to take advantage of cluster technologies such as the distributed lock manager DLM cluster alias and Memory Channel 3 1 5 Cluster Installation revised The Cluster Installation manual describes the following installation procedures e Installing TruCluster Server software on the Tru64 UNIX operating system and creating a new cluster System and Network Management Documentation 3 3 e Adding members to a cluster e Reinstalling cluster members e Performing a rolling upgrade from the previous version of the base operating system and cluster software to the current version e Upgrading to TruCluster Server software from TruCluster Production Server software or TruCluster Available Server software Version 1 5 or Version 1 6 3 1 6 Cluster LAN Interconnect new The Cluster LAN Interconnect manual describes how to configure and maintain Local Area Network LAN hardware for use as a clus
41. cumentation that are used by all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system Chapter 3 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by system and network administrators of the Tru64 UNIX operating system Chapter 4 Describes the manuals and other documentation that are used by software developers who program on or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system Chapter 5 Describes some additional documentation that is packaged on the Tru64 UNIX Operating System and Associated Products CD ROMs About This Manual ix Chapter 6 Describes the Tru64 UNIX reference pages shows the various ways of displaying the reference pages on line and describes the contents of the Reference Pages Documentation Kit Chapter 7 Describes the Device Driver Kit and the contents of the books in that kit Reader s Comments Compaq welcomes any comments and suggestions you have on this and other Tru64 UNIX manuals You can send your comments in the following ways e Fax 603 884 0120 Attn UBPG Publications ZKO3 3 Y32 e Internet electronic mail readers _comment zk3 dec com A Reader s Comment form is located on your system in the following location usr doc readers_comment txt Please include the following information along with your comments e The full title of the manual and the order number The order number appears on the title page of printed and PDF versions of a manual e The section numbers and page numbers of the information on
42. des a link to Compaq s Java web site which offers free Java downloads for Compagq s Alpha platforms and online documentation for you to read prior to downloading a Java kit It also provides access to a site were you can offer comments make suggestions or ask questions about the Compaq JDK and Java SDK product Ladebug Debugger Manual revised The Ladebug Debugger is a tool for debugging executable programs at the source code and machine code levels It can debug programs written in C and C Ada COBOL and Fortran Programming Documentation 4 9 4 3 11 The Ladebug Debugger Manual is for developers who need to debug multiprocess and multithreaded applications perform kernel debugging and perform remote client server debugging Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification The Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification provides technical information for compiler and debugger writers and other developers who must access or manipulate object files on the Tru64 UNIX operating system It supplements or replaces information that has been previously available in the Assembly Language Programmer s Guide Readers should be familiar with basic program development and symbol table concepts 4 3 12 Technical References for Asian Languages The following guides provide language specific information and describe the features of several Asian languages supported on the Tru64 UNIX system The guides describe character and code
43. dia This kit contains the following documentation Release Notes for Version 5 1A Technical Overview for Version 5 1A Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A Installation Guide Installation Guide Advanced Topics Full Installation Quick Start Card printed only Update Installation Quick Reference Card printed only Quick Reference Card printed only Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs printed only e General User Documentation Kit 1 10 Finding the Documentation You Need This kit provides general information on how to use the Tru64 UNIX operating system The manuals in this kit are for everyone who uses Tru64 UNIX This kit contains the following documentation CDE Companion Command and Shell User s Guide Master Index Security e System and Network Management Documentation Kit This kit is for people who are responsible for managing the Tru64 UNIX operating system or network The manuals in this kit provide information on how to configure manage and tune Tru64 UNIX systems This kit contains the following documentation AdvFS Administration Guide to Prestoserve Kernel Debugging Logical Storage Manager Managing Online Addition and Removal Network Administration Connections Network Administration Services Sharing Software on a Local Area Network Software License Management System Administration System Configuration and Tuning System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms X Window System Admini
44. documents The AltaVista software runs on an x86 based PC with Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 or Windows NT Version 4 0 The CD ROM s online Documentation Library is arranged in categories that generally follow the structure of the printed documentation kits Each category is represented by a bulleted list with the bullet for each book colored to indicate the documentation subkit to which the book belongs e A blue bullet indicates documentation for general users e A purple bullet indicates documentation for programmers e A red bullet indicates documentation for system and network administrators Finding the Documentation You Need 1 7 e A silver bullet indicates supplementary documentation which is documentation that is not part of any kit and cannot be ordered from Compaq e A green bullet indicates reference pages Books that meet the needs of different audiences appear in several categories For example you will find the Security manual in the General User Programming and System and Network Management categories because it serves each of those audiences Because it is part of the General User subkit its bullet is blue in all of the categories in which it appears Most cross references are hot links so you can follow those references from book to book from book to reference page from reference page to book and from reference page to reference page Each book you refer to opens in a separate window so you can
45. e International Market icon See spine icon installation of Tru64 UNIX operating system 3 4 3 5 of TruCluster Server systems 3 3 installation cloning 3 5 Installation Guide on FIS system 1 6 overview of 3 4 Installation Guide Advanced Topics on FIS system 1 6 overview of 3 5 Installation Instructions and Release Notes for Device Driver Kit 7 2 Inter Client Communication Conventions Manual 4 11 internationalization See Writing Software for the International Market Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX viewing documentation on the Web 1 8 J L Ladebug Debugger Manual 4 9 layered products available on CD ROMs 1 13 defined 1 3 documentation for 1 12 online documentation for 1 13 using webman viewer for product specific reference pages 6 1 Logical Storage Manager manual 3 6 LSM See Logical Storage Manager manual M Japanese See Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features Java documentation for 4 9 K Kernel Debugging manual 3 5 Korean See Technical Reference for Using Korean Features Index 4 man command 6 2 Managing Online Addition and Removal manual 3 6 manpage See reference pages Master Index 2 3 online search utility 2 3 media kit documentation in 1 5 media update contract 1 5 Memory Channel 3 3 Motif 2 1 See also Common Desktop Environment books documentation for developers 4 6 docum
46. e Configuration Yes Yes Cluster Highly Available Applications Yes Yes Cluster Installation Yes Yes Cluster LAN Interconnect Yes Yes Cluster Release Notes Yes Yes Cluster Technical Overview Yes Yes Command and Shell User s Guide Yes Yes Common Desktop Environment Advanced User s and Yes No System Administrator s Guide Common Desktop Environment Application Builder User s Guide Yes No Common Desktop Environment Desktop Yes No KornShell User s Guide Common Desktop Environment Help System Author s Yes No and Programmer s Guide Common Desktop Environment Internationalization Yes No Programmer s Guide Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary Yes No Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Guide Yes No Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Overview Yes No Common Desktop Environment Style Guide and Cer Yes No tification Checklist Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk Messaging Overview Yes No Common Desktop Environment User s Guide Yes No A 4 Documentation Listings Table A 1 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation cont Title On Printed Line Compaq C Language Reference Manual Yes Yes DECevent Translation and Reporting Utility Yes No Documentation Overview for Version 5 1A Yes Yes Full Installation Quick Start Card No Yes Guide to Preparing Product Kits Yes Yes Guide to Prestoserve Yes Yes Guide to Realtime Programming Yes Yes Guide to the POSIX Threads Libr
47. elected sections or entire books and copy sections to the clipboard The Version 5 1A release offers a new full text search facility called isearch for finding information in Tru64 UNIX documentation on the Web and on local area networks using any platform including UNIX workstations Macintosh computers and PCs e When accessing Tru64 UNIX documentation on the Web you simply type a word or words in the search facility to find the places in the documentation that discuss the topic e To use the search facility on an intranet your system administrator must install the isearch software on your local server Thereafter users with access to that server can search the documentation in the same way as they would on the Web The required software is provided free on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM 1 4 1 The Documentation CD ROM The Documentation CD ROM contains HTML and PDF versions of Tru64 UNIX documents The complete set of operating system reference pages is available in HTML format The CD ROM provides links to these HTML and PDF documents You can use the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM on a Tru64 UNIX system as well as on a Windows PC or Macintosh laptop or workstation or on any other system that uses the ISO 9660 Level 1 CD ROM standard In addition to the isearch facility described in Section 1 4 the Documentation CD ROM contains a copy of the AltaVista Search CD ROM software with a complete index of the HTML
48. ement on Tru64 UNIX Although the commands and utilities described in this manual are primarily for programmers some of them such as grep and sed are useful for general users The following topics are among those discussed e Finding information with regular expressions and the grep command e Matching patterns and processing information with awk e Editing files with the sed editor e Creating input language analyzers and parsers e Using m4 macros in programs e Managing source files with RCS or SCCS e Building programs with the make utility This manual is for moderately experienced users of UNIX systems Programming with ONC RPC The Programming with ONC RPC manual provides an overview of high level programming with remote procedure calls RPC in the Open Network Computing Environment ONC It describes how to use the rpcgen protocol compiler to create RPC applications and describes the RPC programming interface This manual is for programmers who want to write network applications without knowledge of the underlying network Security revised The online version of the Security manual is included with the programming information because it contains information of interest to programmers However the printed version is included only in the End User Documentation Kit See Section 2 1 9 for information about this manual Writing Kernel Modules Kernel modules are binary images containing code and data structures that run i
49. ence Pages Section 4 Section 4 describes the format of system files and how the files are used The files described include assembler and link editor output system accounting and file system formats This section is for programmers and system administrators In printed form this section is divided into two volumes Reference Pages Section 5 Section 5 contains miscellaneous information including ASCII character codes mail addressing formats text formatting macros and a description of the root file system This section is for programmers and system administrators Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages 6 3 In printed form this section is divided into two volumes Reference Pages Section 7 Section 7 describes special files related device driver functions databases and network support This section is for programmers and system administrators In printed form this section is in one volume Reference Pages Sections 8 and 1m Sections 8 and 1m describe commands for system operation and maintenance These sections are for system administrators In printed form these sections are divided into three volumes Reference Pages Sections 9 Section 9 describes data structures and routines used in writing kernel modules This section is for programmers In printed form this section is in one volume 6 4 Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages 7 Device Driver Documentation Documentation to aid programmers in writing device drivers for Tru
50. ence information the online reference pages provide that information This manual is for application programmers or system engineers who are already familiar with the C programming language Readers should have experience with UNIX operating systems and with UNIX software development tools 4 1 8 Guide to the POSIX Threads Library The Guide to the POSIX Threads Library formerly called Guide to DECthreads provides usage and reference information on POSIX Threads Library routines It provides information on the three POSIX Threads Library interfaces used to perform multithreaded operations cma pthread and pthread exception returning This manual is for programmers writing multithreaded applications Readers should have experience with a high level programming language such as C with UNIX operating systems and with UNIX software development tools 4 1 9 Network Programmer s Guide revised The Network Programmer s Guide describes the Tru64 UNIX network programming environment It provides an in depth description of the X Open Programming Documentation 4 3 Transport Interface XTI and the sockets and STREAMS programming frameworks including information about system calls header files and libraries Additionally it provides information about porting sockets based applications to XTI This manual also describes the software bridge ifnet STREAMS module and DLPI STREAMS pseudodevice driver that the Tru64 UNIX operating
51. entation for users 2 1 N Netscape browser 1 6 Network Administration Connections manual 3 7 See also Network Administration Services manual on FIS system 1 6 overview of 3 7 Network Administration Services manual 3 8 See also Network Administration Connections manual on FIS system 1 6 overview of 3 8 network management See system and network management documentation Network Programmer s Guide 4 3 new and changes features of operating system See operating system O documentation for 1 2 ordering information See How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation OSF Motif See Motif OSF Motif Programmer s Guide 4 6 OSF Motif Style Guide 4 7 OSIS See Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX P Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification document 4 10 ONC RPC See Programming with ONC RPC manual online Documentation Library 1 7 Open Source Internet Solutions for Tru64 UNIX See Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX operating system new and changed features from previous releases 2 7 in current version 2 4 Operating System CD ROM See supplementary documentation operating system patches See patches operating system subsets patches lists of for operating system versions 5 2 obtaining kits 5 2 PDF files 1 6 Performance Manager manual 3 13 porting documentation 1 9 POSIX conformance documentation 1 9 PO
52. erver Documentation Kit QA 6BRAA GZ This documentation is also provided on the Documentation CD ROM See Section 1 6 1 for more information Cluster Administration Cluster Hardware Configuration Cluster Highly Available Applications Cluster Installation Cluster LAN Interconnect Cluster Release Notes Cluster Technical Overview A 2 Supplementary Documentation on the Documentation CD ROM The documentation in the following list is provided on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM Advanced Printing Software User Guide BIND Configuration File Guide DECevent Translation and Reporting Utility How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation Java Documentation A 2 Documentation Listings Ladebug Debugger Manual New and Changed Features from Prior Releases Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification Performance Manager Safety amp Comfort Guide sendmail Installation and Operation Guide Common Desktop Environment documentation Common Desktop Environment Advanced User s and System Administrator s Guide Common Desktop Environment Application Builder User s Guide Common Desktop Environment Desktop KornShell User s Guide Common Desktop Environment Help System Author s and Programmer s Guide Common Desktop Environment Internationalization Programmer s Guide Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Guide Common Desktop Environment Programmer s Overview Common Deskt
53. example scripts of increasing complexity This manual is for programmers who want to develop Motif applications using KornShell scripts rather than the C programming language Readers should have knowledge of KornShell programming Motif and the Xt Intrinsics as well as familiarity with the X programming library X1ib 4 3 3 Common Desktop Environment Help System Author s and Programmer s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Help System Author s and Programmer s Guide describes how to develop online help for CDE applications It describes how to create help topics and how to integrate online help into a CDE application This manual is for application programmers who want to do the following e Design create and view online help information e Create software applications that provide a fully integrated help facility 4 3 4 Common Desktop Environment Internationalization Programmer s Guide The Common Desktop Environment Internationalization Programmer s Guide provides information for internationalizing the desktop and enabling applications to support various languages and cultural conventions in a consistent user interface This manual is for CDE application programmers whose products are available worldwide 4 3 5 Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary This Common Desktop Environment Product Glossary provides a comprehensive list of terms used in the Common Desktop Environment This manual is for all CD
54. f the Tru64 UNIX operating system and to have previously performed a Full Installation First time installers are urged to follow the more detailed instructions provided in the Installation Guide 3 2 2 Update Installation Quick Reference Card revised The Update Installation Quick Reference Card describes the basic steps for upgrading your Tru64 UNIX operating system from Version 5 0A or 5 1 to Version 5 1A from the installation CD ROM or from a Remote Installation Services RIS server Update installations preserve disk partitions file systems and file customizations Users of this card should have a working knowledge of the Tru64 UNIX operating system and to have previously performed an Update Installation Users who are performing their first Update Installation are urged to follow the more detailed instructions provided in the Installation Guide 3 2 3 X Window System Administrator s Guide The X Window System Administrator s Guide published by O Reilly amp Associates describes how to customize a wide range of X Window System environments from an individual workstation to groups of workstations and X terminals connected on a network Major topics include security the X display manager xdm fonts color X terminals and X client applications 3 3 Online Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the Documentation CD ROM and the Web 3 3 1 BIND Configuration File Guide The BIND
55. faces WPI that are defined by Version 5 of the X Open CAE specification for system interfaces and headers XSH and sample locale source files This manual is for programmers developing internationalized applications for the Tru64 UNIX operating system 4 2 Printed Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided only in printed books and is included in the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits 4 2 1 OSF Motif Programmer s Guide The OSF Motif Programmer s Guide produced by the OSF and published by Prentice Hall provides programming information on how to use the various 4 6 Programming Documentation components of the OSF Motif environment the Toolkit window manager and user interface language This manual is for programmers who want to create applications in the OSF Motif environment 4 2 2 OSF Motif Style Guide The OSF Motif Style Guide produced by the OSF and published by Prentice Hall provides a framework of behavior specifications to guide application developers widget developers and window manager developers in the design and implementation of products consistent with the Presentation Manager and the OSF Motif user interface This manual establishes consistent behavior among new products by drawing out common elements from a variety of current behavioral models This manual is for programmers and interface designers developing OSF Motif applications who want to present a uniform and us
56. he X Logical Font Description Conventions XLFD manual provides a standard logical font description and the conventions to be used in the core protocol so that clients can query and access screen type libraries in a consistent manner across all X servers In addition to completely specifying a given font by means of its FontName the XLFD also provides a standard set of key FontProperties that describe the font in more detail Written by Jim Flowers this manual is based on X Window System Version 11 Release 6 e Xlib C Language X Interface The Xlib C Language X Interface manual provides reference information for the low level C language interface to the X Window System protocol It provides a detailed description of each function in the library as well as a discussion of the related background information It is not tutorial nor a user s guide to programming the X Window System This manual is based on Version 11 Release 6 of the X Window System The reader should have a basic understanding of a graphics window system and of the C programming language It was written by Robert W Scheifler and James Gettys 4 12 Programming Documentation 5 Supplementary Documentation 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 Compag s Web site The Printed and Online Documentation sections of the previous cha
57. hose used by only a small handful of users Likewise the documentation must serve many different users in different fields and with different levels of technical knowledge from the novice general user to the advanced system administrator or program developer The Tru64 UNIX documentation is organized according to whether it is used by all users or specifically by system and network administrators and software programmers e General user documentation This information is for all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system Examples include the Master Index and the Release Notes Users of this information range from novice to advanced e System and network management documentation This information is for those who install configure maintain and troubleshoot the Tru64 UNIX operating system e Programming documentation Finding the Documentation You Need 1 1 This information is for those who develop software on and or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system Be aware however that some of this documentation is written to serve different audiences For example the Security manual is divided into three parts to provide guidance for individual users system administrators and programmers who must develop secure programs The following sections describe some of the terms used to categorize documentation that is provided with the operating system or used in conjunction with utilities and applications that run on the operating system
58. ice drivers that were previously part of manual named Writing Device Drivers Advanced Topics This manual also provides a glossary of device driver terms Device Driver Documentation 7 1 Writing Kernel Modules This manual describes topics for all kernel modules such as kernel threads and writing kernel modules in a symmetric multiprocessing SMP environment Read this manual before you use the Writing Device Drivers manual This is the same manual that is included in the Developer s Kit of the Tru64 UNIX documentation set Writing PCI Bus Device Drivers This manual provides information for systems engineers who write device drivers for the PCI bus It describes PCI bus specific topics including PCI bus architecture and data structures that PCI bus device drivers use Writing VMEbus Device Drivers This manual contains information systems engineers need to write device drivers that operate on the VMEbus It describes VMEbus specific topics including VMEbus architecture and routines that VMEbus device drivers use Writing Network Device Drivers This manual contains information that systems engineers need to write network device drivers that operate on any bus Writing a Graphics Device Driver and DDX for the Tru64 UNIX X Server This manual describes how to add graphics device support to the X Window System on systems running the Tru64 UNIX operating system Guide to Preparing Product Kits This manual describes how to create
59. in hardware operating systems and networks The following topics are discussed e The differences between managing a standalone Tru64 UNIX system and a TruCluster Server cluster e The graphic user interfaces and command line tools for managing clusters e How to use cluster aliases to provide network applications with a single system view of the cluster e How to manage quorum and votes to maintain cluster availability e How to configure manage and remove cluster members e How to configure and administer member and client networks in a cluster e How to configure mail printing and other services in a cluster Methods for providing highly available network services are provided e Day to day tasks involved in managing highly available applications e How to manage the cluster file system and the device request dispatcher how to add and remove storage devices and how to load balance disk servers e How to use the Logical Storage Manager LSM software in a cluster e How to investigate and resolve common TruCluster Server problems 3 1 3 Cluster Hardware Configuration revised The Cluster Hardware Configuration manual describes how to set up the systems that will become cluster members and how to configure cluster shared storage This manual is intended for the person who will configure and manage the TruCluster Server system The instructions in this manual are for experienced UNIX administrators who can configure and maintain
60. indow System Protocol manual describes Version 11 Release 6 of the X Window System protocol This paper was written by Robert W Scheifler Inter Client Communication Conventions Manual The Inter Client Communication Conventions Manual proposes suitable conventions for interclient communications with X Window System Version 11 software The proposed conventions do not attempt to enforce any particular user interface To permit clients written in different languages to communicate these conventions are expressed in terms of protocol operations rather than the more familiar associated Xlib interfaces Programming Documentation 4 11 This manual written by David Rosenthal is based on the Release 6 software e X Toolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface Intrinsics are a programming library tailored to the special requirements of user interface construction within a network window system specifically the X Window System The Intrinsics and a widget set make up the X Toolkit The X Toolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface manual describes the X Toolkit Intrinsics It is based on Version 11 Release 6 This manual written by Joel McCormack Paul Asente and Ralph R Swick is intended for application programmers who will use one or more of the many widget sets built with the Intrinsics and by widget programmers who will use the Intrinsics to build widgets for one of the widget sets e X Logical Font Description Conventions T
61. inted only Quick Reference Card printed only Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs printed only General User Documentation Kit QA 6ADAD GZ CDE Companion Command and Shell User s Guide Master Index Security System and Network Management Documentation Kit QA 6ADAE GZ AdvFS Administration Managing Online Addition and Removal Guide to Prestoserve Kernel Debugging Logical Storage Manager Network Administration Connections Documentation Listings A 1 Network Administration Services Sharing Software on a Local Area Network Software License Management System Administration System Configuration and Tuning System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms X Window System Administrator s Guide printed only X Window System Environment Developer s Kit QA 6ADAF GZ Assembly Language Programmer s Guide Asynchronous Transfer Mode Calling Standard for Alpha Systems Compaq C Language Reference Manual Guide to the POSIX Threads Library Guide to Preparing Product Kits Guide to Realtime Programming Network Programmer s Guide OSF Motif Programmer s Guide printed only OSF Motif Style Guide printed only Programmer s Guide Programmer s Guide STREAMS printed only Programming Support Tools Programming with ONC RPC Writing Kernel Modules Writing Software for the International Market A 1 2 TruCluster Server Documentation Kit The documentation in the following list comprises the TruCluster S
62. manual describes how to use administer and write programs for the Tru64 UNIX operating system with the optional enhanced security subsets installed It also provides information about traditional UNIX security and other optional security features When the enhanced security subset is installed and configured the system is referred to as a trusted system The enhanced security features result in a system that can be configured to meet the C2 and F C2 security classes The information is organized as follows 2 4 General User Documentation e Part 1 is aimed at general users It introduces the enhanced security features and helps users to start using them Other topics include the following How to connect to other systems Using the security features of the Common Desktop Environment CDE Using access control lists ACLs on files and directories e Part 2 describes how to set up and administer the operating system s enhanced security which includes enhanced passwords and the audit subsystem Topics in this part include the following Creating and modifying secure devices Creating and maintaining accounts Administering the audit subsystem Administering ACLs Ensuring authentication database integrity Working within the framework of the Security Integration Architecture SIA layer Troubleshooting a trusted system e Part 3 describes how to write programs that run on the Tru64 UNIX
63. ment printing colors and fonts This book is intended for users who want to perform customizations that cannot be accomplished using the desktop user interface This book is also intended for system administrators many of the tasks in this book require superuser privileges 2 3 5 How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation The file titled How to Order Tru64 UNIX Documentation provides information about ordering documentation and lists the order numbers for documentation kits 2 3 6 Safety amp Comfort Guide The Safety amp Comfort Guide describes how to set up your workstation environment to minimize the possibility of injury and provide you with the maximum of comfort This guide focuses on posture and on other health and work habits for computer users Additionally it provides product safety information applicable to all Compaq products 2 8 General User Documentation 3 System and Network Management Documentation This chapter describes the Tru64 UNIX system and network management documentation which provides information on topics such as configuring systems and networks maintaining disks and using system administration tools The books in this category are generally geared toward advanced users Each document is individually described Books that are printed can be purchased from Compaq in the documentation kits described in Section 1 5 Except for a few externally published manuals the documentation described here was p
64. ments events and errors techniques service class and protocol encodings Supplementary Documentation 5 3 5 3 Associated Products CD ROMs The Associated Products CD ROMs contain documentation for various components of Tru64 UNIX The document called Trw64 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 OOREADME 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 lt mount_point gt 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 5 4 Supplementary Documentation 6 Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages The Tru64 UNIX operating system provides an extensive set of reference pages also called man pages or manual pages each of which describes one topic such as a command function or file This chapter discusses the reference pages 6 1 Reading Reference Pages On Line Yo
65. mming documentation Software License Management manual 3 9 Software Product Description See QuickSpecs SPD See QuickSpecs spine icon to identify documentation sets 1 10 to identify reference page books 6 2 startup documentation described 1 10 printed versions in media kit 1 5 STREAMS See Network Programmer s Guide Programmer s Guide STREAMS subsets See operating system subsets supplementary documentation BIND Configuration File Guide 3 12 category in online Documentation Library 1 7 defined 1 2 for Asian languages 4 10 for general users 2 7 for program developers 4 7 for system and network managers 3 12 for ToolTalk service 4 10 for X Window System 4 11 Java documentation 4 9 New and Changed Features from Previous Releases 2 7 Object File and Symbol Table Format Specification document 4 10 on associated products CD ROMs 5 4 on Operating System CD ROM 5 2 overview of 5 1 QuickSpecs 5 2 X Image Extension 5 3 sys_check utility 3 7 SysMan 3 7 System Administration manual on FIS system 1 6 overview of 3 10 system and network management documentation books in kit 1 11 category in online Documentation Library 1 7 defined 1 1 overview of books 3 1 System Configuration and Tuning manual 3 11 System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms manual 3 11 system limits 1 9 T Technical Overview 2 5 Technical
66. mponents that have a likelihood of serious failure indictment and then automatically taking them off line deallocation e Step by step procedures for adding and removing components in a system while keeping the operating system and associated applications running e How to use various service applications to manage and monitor operating system services and user defined services including Web Based Enterprise Service WEBES SysMan Compaq Analyze Compaq Crash Analysis Tool CCAT Revision and Configuration Management RCM sys_ check and collect e How to prevent and correct operating system and application memory errors using memory trolling This manual is written for system administrators service technicians and system operators who have extensive knowledge of their system s applications and hardware configurations and are responsible for managing and configuring a Tru64 UNIX system Network Administration Connections new The Network Administration Connections manual is a new title created by dividing the Network Administration manual into two separate volumes See also the Network Administration Services manual This manual written for experienced system or network administrators describes the procedures for configuring your system to operate in a network for configuring the network services and for day to day management of the network network interfaces and network services This manual also includes informatio
67. n for solving problems that might arise while using the network and network services Topics discussed include the following e Configuring basic Tru64 UNIX network environments including Ethernet Token Ring Fiber Distributed Data Interfaces FDDD automatic network adapter failover NetRAIN and link aggregation groups e Configuring an Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 network e The Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM environment and how to configure and manage ATM networks System and Network Management Documentation 3 7 3 1 14 e Configuring and managing the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP e Configuring point to point connections using the Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP and the Point to Point Protocol PPP e The Local Area Transport LAT protocol and how to configure and maintain a LAT environment e Troubleshooting networks and network services using flow charts and other problem solving tools Network Administration Services new The Network Administration Services manual is a new title created by dividing the Network Administration manual into two separate volumes See also the Network Administration Connections manual This manual written for experienced system or network administrators describes the tasks for configuring your system to operate in a network for configuring the network services and for day to day management of the network network interfaces and network services This manual
68. n the UNIX kernel These modules provide a level of common code that improves the efficiency of a system by combining like tasks in a single area and eliminating redundant code Programming Documentation 4 5 4 1 15 The Writing Kernel Modules manual provides information for developers who want to augment the kernel with modules tailored to their particular environment This manual is also included in the Tru64 UNIX Device Drivers Kit Chapter 7 Writing Software for the International Market Internationalization often called I18N is the process of designing or adapting programs to interact with users in their own language and to reflect the culture of the user s region The Writing Software for the International Market manual provides an overview of internationalization concepts It also provides details about writing internationalized programs creating and using message catalogs and developing or customizing locales The following topics are among those discussed e Developing internationalized software e Creating and using message catalogs e Handling wide character data with curses routines e Creating internationalized X Xt and Motif applications e Using internationalized software e Creating locales e Setting up and using user defined character databases e Setting up and using the Chinese phrase input method e Using DECterm localization features in programs Also included is a summary of worldwide portability inter
69. nnot 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 Supplementary Documentation 5 1 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 O
70. ns provide some guidance 1 6 1 TruCluster Server Software TruCluster Server is a separately licensed product that ships on the Associated Products CD ROM Volume 2 It is a highly integrated synthesis of Tru64 UNIX software Compaq AlphaServer systems and storage devices that operate as a single system The TruCluster Server documentation is included on the Tru64 UNIX documentation CD ROM as well as with the software on the Associated Products CD ROM Volume 2 and in printed form in a separately orderable documentation kit see Section A 1 2 for more information 1 6 2 Other Products Packaged with Tru64 UNIX The CD ROMs in the Tru64 UNIX media kit include the software and documentation for several separately licensed products You do not need a license to view this documentation which in most cases is provided in both HTML and PDF or PostScript formats In addition to the previously mentioned TruCluster Server software the following separately licensed products are among those included with the kit e Advanced File System AdvFS Utilities e Advanced Server for UNIX See the Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs sheet packaged with the Tru64 UNIX media for a complete list and the location of the layered products 1 12 Finding the Documentation You Need included with Tru64 UNIX See Section 5 3 for information about the Tru64 UNIX Associated Products CD ROMs 1 6 3 Tru64 UNIX Alpha Online Documentation Library Many of the laye
71. nted version of this book the index items direct you to the books and pages where the topic is discussed In the online version of this book clicking on an index entry in many cases will take you to the appropriate book at the point where the topic is discussed For the Common Desktop Environment books and a few other books clicking on the index item will take you only to the beginning of the appropriate book where you can then use the table of contents or the book s index to find out where the topic is discussed The Documentation Library on CD ROM and the Web includes a search utility with the Master Index entry When you enter a word or phrase you want to find the search utility searches all Master Index entries for matches and then displays the results Then when you click on an entry in the search results the target book opens in its own window in most cases to the place in the text that is indicated by the entry Figure 2 1 shows the result of a search on the text string bsd Figure 2 1 Example Master Index Search bridging drivers NetProgGde Sec 8 2 BSD driver NetProgGde Sec 8 2 BSD socket NetProgGde Sec 4 4 BSD socket NetProgGde Sec 4 4 1 STREAMS protocol stack NetProgGde Sec 8 2 2 1 7 Programming Support Tools The online version of the Programming Support Tools manual is included with the General User information because it contains information of interest to non programmers However the prin
72. one or more volumes The books contain an R on the spines to help you quickly identify them as reference page books Note The Reference Page Kit has not been updated since Version 5 0 Therefore the online reference pages provide more current information than the printed books 6 2 Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages 6 3 Overview of the Reference Page Sections The reference pages are grouped into sections according to their function audience or both The section numbers appear as numbers in parentheses next to the name of the reference page For example lpr 1 automount 8 createlabel 3 The following list describes each section Reference Pages Section 1 Section 1 describes user commands that are available to everyone who uses the Tru64 UNIX operating system In printed form this section is divided into five volumes Reference Pages Section 2 Section 2 defines system calls entries into the Tru64 UNIX kernel that programmers use The introduction to Section 2 int ro 2 lists error numbers with brief descriptions of their meanings The introduction also defines many of the terms used in this section In printed form this section is in one volume Reference Pages Section 3 Section 3 describes the routines available in Tru64 UNIX programming libraries including the C library Motif library and X library This section is for programmers In printed form this section is divided into seven volumes Refer
73. op Environment Style Guide and Certification Checklist Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk Messaging Overview Common Desktop Environment User s Guide ToolTalk Reference Manual ToolTalk User s Guide Technical references for Asian languages Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features Technical Reference for Using Korean Features Technical Reference for Using Thai Features X Windows documentation Inter Client Communication Conventions Manual X Toolkit Intrinsics C Language Interface X Logical Font Description Conventions Xlib C Language X Interface X Window System Protocol X Window System The Complete Reference to Xlib X Protocol ICCCM XFLD A 3 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation Table A 1 provides an alphabetical listing of the documentation that is included in the Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server documentation kits and on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM Documentation Listings A 3 Table A 1 Alphabetical Listing of Core Supplementary and TruCluster Server Documentation Title On Printed Line Advanced Printing Software User Guide Yes No AdvFS Administration Yes Yes Assembly Language Programmer s Guide Yes Yes Asynchronous Transfer Mode Yes Yes BIND Configuration File Guide Yes No Calling Standard for Alpha Systems Yes Yes CDE Companion Yes Yes Cluster Administration Yes Yes Cluster Hardwar
74. ou need to access reference pages that have been installed with layered products For Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages 6 1 information about installing and using webman see the following file on the Documentation CD ROM mount point DOCS HTML webman Installing webman txt See Section 1 4 1 for information about the Documentation CD ROM 6 1 3 Using the xman Command The xman command starts an X Window System reference page browsing tool One function of the tool is to display a list of the reference pages You display a reference page by double clicking on its name in the list For more information about the xman command start the application by entering the following command o 3 xman amp The ampersand amp runs the command in the background allowing the command line to be used for other tasks The application displays a small window that contains three buttons Click on the Manual Page button to read a reference page about the xman command 6 1 4 Using the man Command The man command displays the reference page specified on the man command line For more information about the man command read the man 1 reference page To display this reference page enter the following command man man 6 2 Reading Reference Pages in Printed Books Compaq provides a separately orderable Reference Pages Documentation Set In this printed format the Reference Page books are grouped according to their sections each of which contains
75. perating 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 Tru6 4 UNIX V4 OF CLD Fixes txt Tru64 UNIX V4 OF CLD Fixes txt Tru6 4 UNIX V5 _0 CLD Fixes txt Tru6 4 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 Supplementary Documentation 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
76. plementary documentation is provided on the Documentation CD ROM although some is packaged with the individual software subsets or in various directories on Tru64 UNIX media For more information about the supplementary documentation on the Documentation CD ROM see the Online Documentation sections of the following chapters For information about other supplementary documentation see Chapter 5 1 2 Finding the Documentation You Need 1 1 3 Layered Products Layered products documentation consists of books and other documents that aid in the use of separately licensed products such as TruCluster and Compaq C For more information see Section 1 6 1 2 Changes to the Version 5 1A Documentation Set This section describes changes to the ways you can access documentation and lists the documentation that was revised removed or offered for the first time in this release See the appropriate section in the following chapters for information about a book s content 1 2 1 Structural Changes With this release of Tru64 UNIX the Compaq TruCluster Server documentation is included on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM as well as on the Associated Products Volume 2 CD ROM The books are described in Chapter 2 Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 See Section A 1 2 for a list of the books and Section 1 6 1 for information about the TruCluster Server software This release also introduces a new search function that will help you find specific Tr
77. pters 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 ca
78. r Server software The Performance Manager manual explains the concepts of the Performance Manager software and describes tasks such as monitoring thresholding archiving and distributed command execution 3 3 4 sendmail Installation and Operation Guide The sendmail Installation and Operation Guide describes the configuration file for Version 8 9 of the sendmail utility which implements a general purpose internetwork mail routing facility under the Tru64 UNIX operating system The sendmail utility is not tied to any one transport protocol its function can be likened to a crossbar switch relaying messages from one domain into another In the process it can do a limited amount of message header editing to put the message into a format that is appropriate for the receiving domain All of this is done under the control of a configuration file System and Network Management Documentation 3 13 4 Programming Documentation This chapter describes the documentation designed for software developers who write applications on or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system The books in this category are generally geared toward advanced users Each document is individually described Books that are printed can be purchased from Compaq in the documentation kits described in Section 1 5 Except for a few externally published manuals the documentation described here was produced by Compaq writers working closely with the developers of the Tru64 U
79. reader should be knowledgeable about operating system concepts and commands as well as supported hardware and software configurations Administrators should know the operational aspects of UNIX system administration and be familiar with all the procedures necessary to maintain 3 10 System and Network Management Documentation 3 1 19 3 1 20 a UNIX system for high availability This manual is not intended to train administrators or to plan the installation of a UNIX system System Configuration and Tuning The System Configuration and Tuning manual describes how to plan set up and tune high performance and high availability systems running the Tru64 UNIX operating system It can help system administrators to accomplish many system tasks including the following e Monitoring systems and diagnosing performance problems e Configuring and tuning a system that will meet current and future needs e Tuning system resource limits such as the size of system tables and the virtual address space that were set at boot time e Understanding how hardware operating system subsystems and layered products interact to affect system performance e Managing the performance of memory the CPU disk storage file systems and networks System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms The System Configuration Supplement OEM Platforms manual provides information needed to set up OEM platforms running the Tru64 UNIX operating system It helps system
80. red products produced by Compaq such as Compaq s C product and the Distributed Computing Environment DCE are included on the Tru64 UNIX Alpha Software Product Library a collection of CD ROMs in a kit that is updated every three months The documentation for these products is included on the companion Tru64 UNIX Alpha Online Documentation Library CD ROM These software and documentation kits are separately orderable products they are not included with the Tru64 UNIX media kit For information about ordering these kits contact your Compaq sales representative 1 6 4 Device Driver Documentation Documentation for programmers who create device driver software for the Tru64 UNIX operating system is available as a separately orderable kit See Chapter 7 for more information about the Device Driver Documentation Kit Finding the Documentation You Need 1 13 2 General User Documentation This chapter describes the general user documentation which provides information for all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system The books in this category provide introductory information for people who are unfamiliar with Tru64 UNIX as well as advanced information for the experienced user Each document is individually described Printed books can be purchased from Compaq in the documentation kits described in Section 1 5 Except for a few externally published manuals the documentation described here was produced by Compaq writers working closel
81. roduced by Compaq writers working closely with the developers of the Tru64 UNIX operating system Books identified as revised were updated with the Version 5 1A release 3 1 Printed and Online Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM and in the optional printed documentation kits For more information on the printed documentation set see Section 1 5 3 1 1 AdvFS Administration revised The AdvFS Administration manual provides task based information and instruction on using configuring troubleshooting tuning and administering AdvFS base and utilities functions AdvFS is the default file system for the Tru64 UNIX operating system It provides rapid crash recovery and a flexible structure that allows you to manage your file system while it is on line The AdvFS Utilities which are available as a layered product extend the file system capabilities by including utilities to add volumes create clones stripe files and balance file domains System and Network Management Documentation 3 1 3 1 2 Cluster Administration revised The Cluster Administration manual describes how to perform tasks related to the day to day management of a TruCluster Server system This manual is intended for the person who will configure and manage the TruCluster Server system Instructions in this manual assume the user is an experienced UNIX administrator who can configure and mainta
82. s who set up workstations The reader should be familiar with operating system commands system administrator commands and system terminology ToolTalk Reference Manual The ToolTalk Reference Manual describes components of the ToolTalk application programming interface such as enumerated types and functions It also describes enhanced operating system shell commands error messages and standard ToolTalk messaging sets 4 3 14 X Window System Documentation The X Window System is a network transparent window system in which multiple applications can run simultaneously in windows generating text and graphics in monochrome or color on a bitmap display Network transparency means that application programs can run on machines scattered throughout the network Because the X Window System permits applications to be device independent applications need not be rewritten recompiled or even relinked to work with new display hardware The documentation described in this section was written by the engineers who developed the X Window System and was provided by the X Consortium X Window System The Complete Reference to Xlib X Protocol ICCCM XFLD The X Window System The Complete Reference to Xlib X Protocol ICCCM XFLD manual describes the features of X Window System Version 11 Release 4 This manual was written by Robert W Scheifler and James Gettys and was originally published by Digital Press X Window System Protocol The X W
83. sets locales device setup keyboards printing and input methods The information in these guides is useful to programmers and to some advanced users of the Tru64 UNIX system e Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features revised e Technical Reference for Using Japanese Features revised e Technical Reference for Using Korean Features e Technical Reference for Using Thai Features 4 3 13 ToolTalk Service Documentation ToolTalk is an interapplication communication service that is included as part of the Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk provides a way for applications and desktop components to request services from each other and to announce events The following books provide information about the ToolTalk service e Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk Messaging Overview The Common Desktop Environment ToolTalk Messaging Overview describes how the ToolTalk service works and how it uses information that applications supply to deliver messages It also describes how applications use the ToolTalk service and ToolTalk components The reader should be familiar with the ToolTalk service UNIX operating system commands system administrator commands and system terminology e ToolTalk User s Guide 4 10 Programming Documentation The ToolTalk User s Guide is useful to developers who create or maintain applications that use the ToolTalk service to interoperate with other applications it is also useful to system administrator
84. stem PC or other system 2 6 General User Documentation The card titled How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation provides a brief overview of the various ways available to you to find and access the information you need including the Tru64 UNIX reference pages It also lists the documentation included in the printed documentation kits This book is packaged with the Tru64 UNIX operating system media but is not included in any of the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits 2 2 3 Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs revised The document titled Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs provides a brief listing of the components on the CD ROMs in the Tru64 UNIX media kit 2 3 Online Only Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the documentation CD ROM and the Web 2 3 1 New and Changed Features from Previous Releases revised The New and Changed Features from Previous Releases document lists the major features that were introduced and changes that were made to the Tru64 UNIX operating system since Version 4 0 The information in this document was originally presented in the New and Changed Features chapter of the operating system Release Notes for each of those versions 2 3 2 Advanced Printing Software User Guide The Advanced Printing Software User Guide provides information about using the Advanced Printing Software which is included as an optional component of the Tru64 UNIX operating system The User Guide describes
85. strator s Guide printed only X Window System Environment 1 5 2 Developer s Documentation Kit The Developer s Documentation Kit is for software developers who write programs on or for the Tru64 UNIX operating system The books in this kit include information on tools and programming recommendations This kit contains the following documentation Assembly Language Programmer s Guide Asynchronous Transfer Mode Calling Standard for Alpha Systems Compaq C Language Reference Manual Guide to the POSIX Threads Library Guide to Preparing Product Kits Guide to Realtime Programming Network Programmer s Guide OSF Motif Programmer s Guide printed only OSF Motif Style Guide printed only Programmer s Guide Programmer s Guide STREAMS printed only Finding the Documentation You Need 1 11 Programming Support Tools Programming with ONC RPC Writing Kernel Modules Writing Software for the International Market 1 5 3 Additional Documentation in the Media Kit The following documentation is packaged in the Tru64 UNIX media kit but is not included in any of the orderable Tru64 UNIX documentation kits How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation Cluster Technical Overview 1 6 Documentation for Layered Products Compaq and third party vendors produce many applications that run on Tru64 UNIX systems The documentation for most of these products is included with the individual application software The following sectio
86. system supports This bridge allows programs that use sockets based protocol stacks to access STREAMS drivers and programs that use STREAMS based protocol stacks to access BSD based drivers This manual is for experienced UNIX programmers 4 1 10 Programmer s Guide The Programmer s Guide describes the programming environment of the Tru64 UNIX operating system with an emphasis on the C programming language Topics include the following e The compiler system e Pragma preprocessor directives e Shared libraries e Debugging programs with dbx e Debugging programs with Third Degree e Profiling programs to improve performance e Using and developing Atom tools e Optimizing techniques e Handling exception conditions e Developing thread safe libraries e Open MP parallel processing e Posting and receiving EVM events e Using 32 bit pointers on Tru64 UNIX systems e Differences in the System V habitat e Creating dynamically configurable kernel subsystems e The old style pre OpenMP parallel processing interface e Handling names of device special files This manual is for programmers who use the Tru64 UNIX operating system to create or maintain programs in any supported language 4 4 Programming Documentation 4 1 11 4 1 12 4 1 13 4 1 14 Programming Support Tools The Programming Support Tools manual describes commands and utilities for text manipulation macro and program generation and source file manag
87. ted version is included only in the Developer s Documentation Kit See Section 4 1 11 for information about this manual General User Documentation 2 3 2 1 8 Release Notes for Version 5 1A revised The Release Notes for Version 5 1A are for all users of the Tru64 UNIX operating system This book includes the following information e An overview of the new and changed features of the Version 5 1A software e Announcements about features and interfaces that are scheduled for removal in future versions of Tru64 UNIX e Information about installing the software e Information that is relevant to specific Compaq Alpha processors e Information about the base operating system e Information about the development environment e Information about the graphical interfaces e Additions and corrections to the books in the Tru64 UNIX documentation set e Information about the contents of the media and disk space requirements We recommend that you read this information before installing or using the Tru64 UNIX operating system Note Compaq maintains an online Technical Update that contains information about restrictions and problems discovered after Version 5 1A began shipping To view this document on the Web go to the following URL http www tru64unix compaq com docs updates V51A TITLE HTM We recommend that you visit this site periodically to see if any new information has been added 2 1 9 Security revised The Security
88. ter interconnect in TruCluster Server environment The following topics are discussed e Interconnect specific issues that are involved in creating a cluster and adding a member to an existing cluster e The day to day administration of a LAN interconnect and miscellaneous configuration and management issues e Features of Ethernet switches that are required for a highly available LAN interconnect This manual also contains sample installation logs for the clu_create and clu_add_member commands and lists the etc sysconfigtab attributes written by the cluster installation procedure to define the cluster interconnect 3 1 7 Guide to Prestoserve Prestoserve speeds up synchronous disk writes including Network File System NFS server access by reducing the amount of disk I O The Guide to Prestoserve describes how to manage and maintain a Tru64 UNIX system that includes the optional Prestoserve hardware and software 3 1 8 Installation Guide revised The Installation Guide describes how to install the Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A operating system on all supported systems Topics include preparing your system for an installation booting the system from the distribution media and performing the Full and Update Installation procedures on all supported processors Other topics include the following 3 4 System and Network Management Documentation e The system management applications to use in setting up services following a Full Inst
89. tors to restore the LSM configuration if a disk or system fails e Troubleshooting the LSM software e Using the Storage Administrator graphical interface to manage LSM objects such as disks disk groups volumes plexes and subdisks This manual is intended for system administrators who need to configure and maintain disk storage under the control of the LSM software The reader should have a working knowledge of the operating system a basic understanding of system administration and a basic understanding of disk structures Managing Online Addition and Removal new ThisManaging Online Addition and Removal manual describes the Tru64 UNIX Online Addition and Removal OLAR features It provides guidelines for their use and provides configuration and management techniques Although some tasks described in this manual are geared toward systems that have OLAR capabilities many can be performed on systems without such capabilities The following topics are among those discussed e An overview of OLAR hardware components and the operating system features related to OLAR used to increase a system s availability 3 6 System and Network Management Documentation 3 1 13 e High level considerations such as environment factors and power requirements to take into account in order to properly set up and configure system hardware e Component indictment and deallocation which refers to the methodology of identifying system co
90. u can use the webman utility to read the reference pages on line using your Web browser and print them by clicking on the browser s Print menu Alternatively you can use the xman or man utilities from the command line to read the reference pages Your system administrator determines at system installation time whether to make the operating system reference pages available on your system If you receive an error message when you try to access reference pages the problem might be that they are not installed Your system administrator also decides whether to install the reference pages that are included with layered products This includes products such as the TruCluster Server which provides a full set of its own reference pages 6 1 1 Using the Documentation CD ROM The Library on the Documentation CD ROM includes a category that contains the full set of base operating system reference pages in HTML form You can view these reference pages with your Web browser just as you would view any of the HTML books These references pages are indexed and hot linked with the books for easy access The reference pages for layered products are not included on this CD ROM 6 1 2 Using webman The Documentation CD ROM contains the webman viewer a UNIX CGI program you can use with your browser to view the reference pages that are installed with the operating system The webman viewer is most useful when the Documentation CD ROM is not mounted or when y
91. u64 UNIX and TruCluster Server topics in any document on the documentation Web site or on a local area network See Section 1 4 for more information 1 2 2 Revised Documentation The following core and supplementary documentation was revised in this release The changes were made to the printed books and their online versions unless otherwise noted In some cases the documents were revised to provide information about new and changed features to the operating system In other cases the revisions expand or otherwise improve existing information Although the TruCluster Server manuals were previously available this release marks the first time they are included on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM All of the cluster manuals have been revised General User Documentation e Cluster Release Notes e Cluster Technical Overview e Command and Shell User s Guide Finding the Documentation You Need 1 3 How to Access Tru64 UNIX Documentation print only document Master Index Quick Reference Card print only document Release Notes for Version 5 1A Security Technical Overview for Version 5 1A Tru64 UNIX Version 5 1A CD ROMs print only document System and Network Administration AdvFS Administration Cluster Administration Cluster Highly Available Applications Cluster Hardware Configuration Cluster Installation Full Installation Quick Start print only document Installation Guide Installation Guide Advanced Topics
92. umentation cece eee eee 5 Supplementary Documentation 5 1 Web Based Best Practices Documentation 0065 5 2 Operating System CD ROM ccccce cece ceeene eens eens 5 2 1 QuUICKS PCS serere dads Sides Petes eee easel aes es aden eeeaads 5 2 2 Listings of Patches to the Operating System 5 2 3 Text Version of the Tru64 UNIX Release Notes 5 2 4 X Image Extension Documentation eeeee eee 5 3 Associated Products CD ROMs cccc cece cece eeeeee ees 6 Tru64 UNIX Reference Pages vi 6 1 Reading Reference Pages On Line ccceeeeeeeeeeees 6 1 1 Using the Documentation CD ROM ce eee 6 1 2 Using webman o ccs 5 3 hccbecdee si islececceenseissccocdene s saaces 6 1 3 Using the xman Command cc ccc eeee eee eeeeeeeees 6 1 4 Using the man Command ccccceeeee eee eeeeeeeees 6 2 Reading Reference Pages in Printed Books 06 6 3 Overview of the Reference Page Sections cccee cues Device Driver Documentation Documentation Listings A 1 Components of the Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Printed Documentation Kits c cece ee eee ee eneeeeeeaees A 1 1 Tru64 UNIX Documentation Kit cece e A 1 2 TruCluster Server Documentation Kit 004 A 2 Supplementary Documentation on the Documentation CDROM ise a de ch
93. user level applications would use to access the ATM subsystem This manual is not an ATM networking tutorial 4 1 3 Calling Standard for Alpha Systems The Calling Standard for Alpha Systems manual defines the requirements mechanisms and conventions used in the interface that supports procedure calls on Tru64 UNIX for Alpha systems The standard defines data structures constants algorithms conventions methods and functional interfaces which enable a native user mode procedure to operate correctly in the multilanguage and multithreaded Tru64 UNIX environment on Alpha hardware Although this manual primarily defines requirements for compiler and debugger writers the information applies to procedure calling for all programmers at all levels of programming 4 1 4 Cluster Highly Available Applications revised The online version of the Cluster Highly Available Applications manual is included with the programming information because it contains information of interest to programmers The printed version is included in the Tru64 UNIX media kit and with the TruCluster Server product See Section 2 1 9 for information about this manual See Section 3 1 4 for information about this manual 4 1 5 Compaq C Language Reference Manual revised The Compaq C Language Reference Manual previously called the DEC C Language Reference Manual provides reference information for using the Compaq C language on Compaq systems Compaq C is an ISO AN
94. vantage of the wide range of advanced installation features 3 1 10 Kernel Debugging The Kernel Debugging manual describes using the dbx kdbx and kdebug debuggers to diagnose problems in kernel code It also describes how to write a kdbx utility extension and how to create and analyze a crash dump file This manual is for system programmers who write programs that are built as part of the kernel and that reference kernel data structures It is also System and Network Management Documentation 3 5 3 1 11 3 1 12 intended for system administrators who are responsible for managing the operating system To understand and use the information in this manual system programmers and administrators should have in depth knowledge of operating system concepts commands and utilities Logical Storage Manager revised The Logical Storage Manager LSM software provides high data availability better performance and greater storage management flexibility through online support for disk storage devices on Alpha systems The Logical Storage Manager manual explains LSM concepts and how to install and administer the LSM software The following topics are among those discussed e Encapsulating and mirroring the boot disk e Creating and configuring LSM volumes and disks e Using LSM commands to manage LSM objects such as disks disk groups volumes plexes and subdisks e LSM related preventative maintenance procedures that enable administra
95. verview for Version 5 1A the book you are reading Safety amp Comfort Guide 1 4 Online Documentation The documentation for the Tru64 UNIX operating system including the reference pages is available on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM in formats that are readable with a Web browser or with the Adobe Acrobat Reader This documentation as well as documentation for associated applications is also available on the World Wide Web see Section 1 4 2 Most of the features that are available on the Documentation CD ROM such as the links to other documentation are also available on the Web If you are working on a Compaq Alpha system the operating system provides a Netscape browser for viewing the HTML documentation If you want to view the documentation on a Windows PC or Macintosh you will need a browser that supports frames and JavaScript Version 1 1 such as Version 4 0 or higher of Netscape Navigator Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer To view the PDF files you need to install Version 3 0 or higher of the Adobe Acrobat Reader or the Reader plug in to your Web browser The Documentation CD ROM provides the Acrobat Reader for Tru64 UNIX systems Windows PCs Macintosh and several other platforms You can also obtain the latest version directly from the Adobe Systems Inc Web site http www adobe com 1 6 Finding the Documentation You Need With Acrobat Reader you can scroll through books print s
96. which you are commenting e The version of Tru64 UNIX that you are using e If known the type of processor that is running the Tru64 UNIX software The Tru64 UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate Compaq technical support office Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to Compaq x About This Manual 1 Finding the Documentation You Need You can find most of the Tru64 UNIX documentation you need on the Documentation CD ROM that comes with the Tru64 UNIX product and also on the World Wide Web Most of this documentation is provided on line in HTML and PDF formats and is also available as printed books Your Web browser gives you access to the HTML format and the Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view and print the PDF versions The printed books are packaged in kits that you can purchase from Compaq Additional documentation is included on the Tru64 UNIX Operating System CD ROM and on the Associated Products CD ROMs This chapter can help you to find the documentation you need in the format that is most convenient to you 1 1 Introduction to the Documentation Set Tru64 UNIX is a feature rich operating system designed to be used in many different types of computing environments The components of the operating system range from those used by every user to t
97. y licensed products 1 12 supplementary documentation on 5 4 ASU documentation for 1 12 viewing documentation on the Web 1 8 Asynchronous Transfer Mode manual 4 1 ATM See Asynchronous Transfer Mode manual Best Practices 5 1 viewing documentation on the Web 1 8 BIND Configuration File Guide 3 12 C C language See Compaq C Language Reference Manual C See layered products CAA 3 3 calling standard See Tru64 UNIX Calling Standard for Alpha Systems manual CCAT 3 7 CD ROM See Associated Products CD ROMs Documentation CD ROM CDE Companion 2 1 changes to operating system See operating system changes to the documentation in this version 1 3 Chinese See Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features CLD See patches cloning Index 1 configuration cloning 3 5 installation cloning 3 5 Cluster Administration manual 3 2 Cluster Application Availability subsystem See CAA Cluster Hardware Configuration manual 3 2 Cluster Highly Available Applications manual 3 3 Cluster Installation manual 3 3 Cluster LAN Interconnect manual 3 4 Cluster Release Notes 2 2 Cluster Technical Overview inclusion in media kit 1 12 collect utility 3 7 Command and Shell User s Guide 2 2 Common Desktop Environment Advanced User s and System Administrator s Guide 2 8 Common Desktop Environment Application Builder User s
98. y with the developers of the Tru64 UNIX operating system Books identified as revised were updated with the Version 5 1A release 2 1 Printed and Online Documentation The documentation described in this section is provided on the Tru64 UNIX Documentation CD ROM and in the optional printed documentation kits For more information on the printed documentation set see Section 1 5 2 1 1 CDE Companion The CDE Companion provides an introduction to Compagq s implementation of the Common Desktop Environment CDE an easy method of interacting with the Tru64 UNIX operating system For users migrating from DECwindows Motif to CDE this book serves as an introduction to the new environment providing information on how to use CDE to complete tasks previously done by using DECwindows For users who are new to desktop environments this book provides quick start information on topics such as logging into the system navigating the system and using and managing the desktop and applications This book can be used in conjunction with the Common Desktop Environment User s Guide General User Documentation 2 1 2 1 2 Cluster Release Notes revised The Cluster Release Notes provide a brief introduction to the TruCluster Server and describe known problems and workarounds 2 1 3 Cluster Technical Overview revised The Cluster Technical Overview describes the major components of the TruCluster Server product The opening chapter introdu

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