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SDK for Developer
Is there any SDK for developers under Linux? I mean more than man pages, it would be more like MSDN Library or Windows SDK under windows, where all documentation about programming and developer guide ...
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Looking for /procfs documentation, describing values and units of measurement
Surprisingly, comprehensive documentation for /procfs is hard to find.
For my specific question, I am looking at: cat /proc/1/statm (let's use pid=1 because it seems to be always there). I just ran ...
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Reference documentation for cgroups (control groups) settings
I'm looking for some reference documentation to explain what each of the settings are, for each control group.
For example, there's cpuset.cpus, I think setting this to 0 means use all CPUs, setting ...
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User policy for a *nix system
I would like to create a document that specifies the policies that rule the use of a *nix system from the user perspective, something like TOS (Terms Of Service) / Privacy Policy you find these days ...
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Where can I find official POSIX and UNIX documentation?
I am looking for official documents on all POSIX standards and specifications. I would like to be able t read the docs to get a better understanding of UNIX systems and how they work at a low level. ...
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How updated and relevant is “The Linux Documentation Project”?
I have been advised by many senior Unix/Linux Administrators to go through "The Linux Documentation Project" on the site www.tldp.org.
Its undoubtedly a very rich site, but I saw many tutorials (as ...
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Is there any solution Like SharePoint in Linux?
We have three server SharePoint , Project Server and CRM and we want to change them and migrate to Linux solutions.
Now we have to change SharePoint by Linux solution ?
we want to have a solution ...
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Is there a readme reader like man?
man is the quick interface to online reference manuals. These are usually stored in /usr/share/man/manN/blah.gz, or similar. Most debian packages also come with a README.debian, which is stored in ...
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Where can I find historical documentation for bash?
Are there any sources for documentation for old versions of some GNU software, in this case particularly bash?
I have a embedded system that is running bash 3.00.16, and I'm trying to do some shell ...
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Extracting help message from script itself
I want that my help message be extracted from the script itself.
#!/bin/bash
#
# foo - do things
# Author: John Doe <jhon@doe>
# ----------------------------------------------
# SYNOPSIS
# ...
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Where to find explanation of kernel processes?
I want to know about kernel processes, like [migration], [kswapd], etc. Where are kernel processes like these documented?
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unixODBC documentation / manpage?
Just wondering if there is any official documentation for unixODBC, e.g. how the configuration files have to look like and what parameters they expect? (I am using only a shell, no GUI) Even ...
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What GNU/Linux magazines, e-zines are available? [closed]
What GNU/Linux specific magazines, e-zines (free and paid) are there ?
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Where are the command-line options to perl documented?
On StackExchange I came across a command that looked like this:
perl -pe ...
Curious what the -pe options meant, I did man perl. This is the synopsis of that man page:
perl [ -sTtuUWX ] [ ...
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Viewing Debian documentation offline
How do I read various manuals, guides and howtos, which are usually in the form of deb packages with names ending in -doc and installed in /usr/share/doc directory?
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How do I localize man pages for chinese?
Doing the prerequisite google search didn't turn up anything: I'm looking for a way to install and use localized chinese versions of the man pages (assuming there is some localized package somewhere).
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Writing command synopsis in standard man format
I am writing a script and in the usage() function I want to specify the usage.
My script uses either option1 or option2 or both. One of them is mandatory.
Is there a standard way to write it up?
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List of available command options?
I'm currently setting up my first web server without a control panel and so far things are going pretty good!
I was just wondering if anyone could direct me to somewhere that explains all of the ...
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Any good LVM tutorial?
I'm planning to user LVM in my next linux installation, any links to good LVM tutorials/guides/FAQs would be welcomed.
Thanks in advance.
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Tricks and tips for finding information in man pages
Does anyone have any tricks and tips for finding information in man pages?
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What is the significance of the “1” in ls(1)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do the numbers in a man page mean?
I see functions referred to with numbers in the parenthesis in documentation. What does this mean? It takes one argument? ...
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What are good online resources for learning shell scripting?
I am a beginner to shell scripting. I have not yet hardly coded a single program, but I am interested in learning it completely. Can anyone suggest some good online resources which will guide me?
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What editor can be used to provide highlighting for Mallard project files?
I normally switch between Geany, vim and Emacs (depending on my mood. LOL) when editing on a linux platform.
Recently, I have begun exploring the Mallard Project, but have been unable to find the ...
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What does the “(8)” in fsck(8) mean?
*nix commands (and functions?) have a number with them, like fsck(8), killall(1), etc.
What does the number mean?
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Filter --help command?
Sometimes I want to search/filter help for particular commands for keywords.
history --help
gives list of options, sometimes it's overwhelming how much info is there. Can I filter it for keywork ...
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Differences between man pages
I often find myself reading man pages online instead of from the command line on my system. Part of the reason is because I find it easier to browse this information on a browser on the Internet than ...
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Reading the man pages in my system with hyperlinks on a browser [duplicate]
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How to follow links in linux man pages?
I can read man pages online, but they are not necessarily the same that I have installed on my system (i.e. for the same ...
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Offline documentation of an RPM spec file or how to retrieve an example
I am taking a Red Hat exam that is offline. I am having issues remembering the syntax for an RPM SPEC file.
Can anyone suggest how to retrieve an example or some documentation that should already be ...
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Difference between help, info and man command
I know that these command will help to get syntax and options for commands but my question is that how they differ from each other?
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What is the “caller” command?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 with openbox running on top. I noticed today a command called caller, however there is no man page, it does not respond to any input (or --help) and whereis doesn't find it.
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missing man pages of some commands
Typing man alias gives me
No manual entry for alias
The same thing goes for export and eval. At first I thought it only happens to shell built-in commands but man echo gives me the man page.
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Where can I find out how to write a shell script that is as portable as possible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Resources for portable shell programming
I want to write a shell script that is intended for further distribution. So I'd like to write it in a way that is as portable ...
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viewing info documentation with vim
I'm trying to use the ManPageView addon to view info documentation within vim.
Although I find ManPageView very useful for, well, viewing manpages, its info-reading functionality doesn't seem to work ...
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Difference between `info` and `pinfo`
What's the difference between info and pinfo besides color?
pinfo is:
a program for viewing info files
while info is:
Read documentation in Info format
I tried to search the web for the ...
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Documentation of kernel parameters
Where can I find a technical description of the kernel parameters listed in /proc/sys (ob Linux)?
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What documentation shows the associated numbers for linux signals like SIGTERM and SIGKILL?
I can look around the internet and find that the associated number for SIGKILL is 9, but is there linux documentation (such as, a man page) showing the complete list of signals and their numbers?
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How can I add man page entries for my own power tools?
I have no idea about how I can make my home-grown specialist scripts (written mostly in Bash and Perl) available through the man pages.
What procedure would I have to follow, and is there a ...
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Beginning to learn Unix and Linux
I am a beginner, I want to learn unix and linux, and be a professional.
Where should I start?
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What is the font used for GNU documentation?
I am interested in learning how documentation for GNU related software is written, and am wondering what type of font is used in their PDF documentation? (for instance, the GCC manual here: ...
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Why do some commands have man pages and other commands use --help?
Wouldn't it be more consistent if one of these always worked?
