| Now that you have completed this chapter, you
should have a firm understanding of the following:
The Sun Solaris Operating Environment
has many different forms of help available to users and
administrators. With CDE help, you are able to use the help viewer
window, search on a particular help topic and use onitem help. Each
CDE window and application also has a help option in the upper right
corner. The help viewer window can be accessed from the workspace menu
or the help icon on the front panel.
AnswerBook2 is a powerful online
searchable version of the Solaris manuals. Several book collections
are presented including information for Administrators, Users and
Developers.
Command line help is available in the
form or man pages. Man pages cover nearly every UNIX command and
provide a quick reference when you need to check the syntax or options
available with a particular command. There are several options
available with the man command including keyword and section search
capabilities. The whatis command can be used to refresh your memory as
to what a command does by providing a brief definition and purpose
of the command.
When problems occur, you can help to
narrow down the possibilities by following a systematic approach to
identifying and correcting the problem. Contact a system administrator
or the service/help desk for problems you can't resolve.
Users who are familiar with DOS
commands, will have an easier time learning UNIX since many of the DOS
commands were derived from UNIX. There are hundreds of UNIX commands
and they can be used to accomplish all the tasks that DOS users would
normally need to do but in a UNIX environment. |