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DHCP server is described in a HOWTO, as well as the points to be noted,
but not how Linux itself is installed. As a rule, documentation of this kind
is kept quite general so it can be applied to every distribution. The howto
package contains HOWTOs in ASCII format. Users who prefer HTML
should install howtoenh.
FAQs (frequently asked questions) are collections of questions and answers
relating to certain problem areas that frequently arise in mailing lists, for
example, “What is LDAP?” or “What is a RAID?” Texts in this category are
generally quite short.
Guides are documents that can deal with a topic in much greater detail
than HOWTOs and FAQs. Examples include kernel programming and net-
work administration. The underlying idea is to provide the reader with
detailed information.
Some TLDP documentation is also available in other formats, such as
PDF, single and multiple HTML pages, PostScript, and as SGML or XML
sources. In some cases, there are also translations into different languages.
Man Pages and Info Pages
A man page (manual page) is a help text for a command, system call, file
format, or similar item. A man page is normally divided into various sec-
tions, such as name, syntax, description, options, and files.
To display a man page, enter man followed by the name of the command,
as in man ls, which shows a help text for the ls command. Use the cursor
keys to move the visible area.
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Q exits man. To print a man page (for exam-
ple for the command ls), enter a command like card ls For more help
for the card (package a2ps) command, use the --help option.
Some documentation is also available in info format, for example, for grep.
Access it with info grep.
Info pages are more detailed than man pages. They are divided into differ-
ent nodes — pages that can be read with an info reader, which works much
like a web browser. Use
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P (previous page) and
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in an info page.
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Q exits info. Other keys are listed in the info documen-
tation (info info).
Both man pages and info pages can be read in Konqueror. Enter
man:hcommandi or info:hcommandi in the URL line to open the desired
documentation.
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