Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!vrdxhq!edm From: edm@vrdxhq.verdix.com (Ed Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: AIX Documentation Keywords: documention (bunk or better?) Message-ID: <21991@vrdxhq.verdix.com> Date: 29 Sep 89 12:13:47 GMT References: <2132@hydra.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: edm@vrdxhq.UUCP (Ed Matthews) Organization: Verdix Corporation HQ Lines: 24 In article <2132@hydra.gatech.EDU> tad@hydra.gatech.edu.UUCP (Tad K. Mannes) writes: > >I've heard that one of the greatest features of AIX is the documentation, >but I've seen a number of references here about problems with its doc. >I've heard that the documentation will have an index for error messages >from various daemons and the kernel, making problem diagnosis a little >easier. Is this bunk or is it really any better than the usual Unix(r) >documentation? It's true -- It's true! AIX documentation (RT 2.2.1) is better than any Unix documentation I've ever seen. But, it's not the world's best documentation. If you've ever read an IBM manual, you know what to expect. (I've read a few -- used to work for them before discovering the joys of Unix). Does have an index for error messages -- quite a few too. But, guess what -- when I was having problems with installing my Ethernet card, the messages I was receiving were not in there! I think the messages were coming from the TCP/IP daemon -- conclusion: not all messages from all daemons are included. I've got about twenty manuals, not including the ones on X. -- Ed Matthews edm@verdix.com Verdix Corporation Headquarters (703) 378-7600 Chantilly, Virginia