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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!news.io.com!smartdna!news From: mparson@fargo.imtdirect.com (Michael Parson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Best source of Man Pages? Date: 12 Mar 1997 17:11:57 -0600 Organization: Smart Technologies Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5g7d7t$urt@fargo.imtdirect.com> References: <usman-1303971446310001@lrc123.ghsl.nwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: fargo.imtdirect.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5635 In article <usman-1303971446310001@lrc123.ghsl.nwu.edu>, Usman Muzaffar <usman@nwu.edu> wrote: > >What's the best way to get the documentation to NetBSD 1.2? >Specifically: > >1. How close is the BSD documentation, (the one printed by >O'Reilly and associates - I think it's BSD 4.4, $30 each for 5 vols) >to NetBSD? Are there significant differences? For the NetBSD stuff that is a straight port from the BSD4.4 sources, it is right on. For GNU stuff, well, you can see where this is going. They tend to use a VAX as the example box (for kernel configs, etc), but for the most part, they are a great source of printed documentation. I keep mine handy as it can sometimes be easier to reach for the book instead of waiting for my lil ol A3000 to render the pages from source =) They are also easier to read while away from the computer ;) >2. The documentation on my installation (and it seems, for source) >are all in FORMATTED format (xxx.0, etc); I'd like the unformatted >nroff source (xxx.1, etc) so I can reformat with groff for postscript >printing - where is the unformatted source? > >thanks, >usman >usman@nwu.edu -- Michael Parson SMART Technologies