     \SDYNIX/ptx Documentation\S

     Standard Documentation

     The following documentation is included with each DYNIX/ptx  sys-
     tem.

     Base Documentation


        DYNIX/ptx Documentation Roadmap
        This manual  contains  descriptions  of  all  manuals  in  the
        DYNIX/ptx  base  manual set.  It also contains a documentation
        map and a topical index.

        DYNIX/ptx Reference Manual
        This reference contains hardcopies of the online manual pages,
        a manual page table of contents, and a permuted index.  Online
        manual pages include information for system  commands,  system
        calls,  library  routines,  file  formats,  special files, and
        stand-alone routines.

        DYNIX/ptx System Administration Guide
	This guide  describes  system  administration  procedures  for
	managing your  computer  system.  For example, it tells how to
	set up the  system  initially  and  how  to  manage  disk  and
	filesystem  space.  Most of these tasks can be performed using
	the ptx/ADMIN menu system.

        DYNIX/ptx Operations Guide: ptx/ADMIN
	This guide describes system administration procedures involved
	in the  day-to-day  operation  of your  computer  system.  For
	example, it tells how to add users, terminals, and printers to
	the  system.  Most of these tasks can be  performed  using the
	ptx/ADMIN menu system.

        ptx/ADMIN Quick Reference Card
        This card contains a menu map for the ptx/ADMIN  menu  system.
        It also contains key help for the menu system.

	DYNIX/ptx System Configuration and Performance Guide
	This guide contains  procedures for  configuring  and building
	the  kernel.  It  also   discusses   performance   management,
	describes  the  config  program,  and  contains   examples  of
	configuration files.

  	DYNIX/ptx Software Installation Guide
	This  guide  describes  the  DYNIX/ptx  software  installation
	procedure.  It outlines the  directory  structure  used by the
	procedure,  describes  installation  records  available on the
	system, and provides step-by-step  instructions for installing
	software  packages.  The guide also describes  tasks that must
	be completed after software is installed,  tells how to remove
	a software package, and discusses recovery procedures.

        DYNIX/ptx Operations Guide: sysadm
        This guide describes system administration procedures involved
        in the day-to-day operation of your computer system.  It tells
        how to use the sysadm menu system to  perform  most  of  these
        tasks.

        DYNIX/ptx Error Messages
	This  manual  lists  kernel,  fsck, and uucp  error  messages,
	including  possible reasons for each error and suggestions for
	correcting the problem.

        DYNIX/ptx User's Guide
        This guide introduces the operating system and gives  instruc-
        tions  for  using common user commands and tools, such as text
        editors and mail programs.

	DYNIX/ptx Command Summary
	This quick reference contains  descriptions of basic operating
	system commands, vi commands, and special characters.

        DYNIX/ptx Framed  Access  Command  Environment  (FACE)  User's
        Guide
	This  guide  describes  the  FACE  interface,  which  presents
	operating  system functions in the familiar terms of a conven-
	tional  office.  The guide tells how to use FACE and  provides
	information  for system  administrators  who are managing  the
	FACE interface.

        DYNIX/ptx Programming Guide
        This guide describes programming methodology as applied in the
        operating  system.   It includes information about application
        programming, file and record locking, interprocess  communica-
        tion,  curses  and  terminfo,  and  Common  Object File Format
        (COFF).

        DYNIX/ptx Programming Tools Guide
        This guide describes Bourne, C and Korn shell programming, awk
        and nawk, lex, yacc, make, and the Source Code Control system.
        nawk is an enhanced version of awk which includes  8-bit  sup-
        port for internationalization.

        DYNIX/ptx STREAMS Overview
        STREAMS is a major building block in the comprehensive support
        for  networking  services  provided  by  the operating system.
        This overview provides a high-level technical  description  of
        STREAMS.

        DYNIX/ptx STREAMS Application Programming Guide
        This guide provides information and guidelines for  developing
        STREAMS  applications, describes STREAMS message handling, and
        gives information on advanced STREAMS  operations  and  multi-
        plexed streams.

        DYNIX/ptx Network Programming Guide
        This guide provides an introduction and overview of the  Tran-
        sport  Layer Interface (TLI), its capabilities, and its appli-
        cations.

	DYNIX/ptx Native Language Support Programming Guide  
	This manual  describes the DYNIX/ptx  native language  support
	capability.   It   includes    support    for    locales   and
	native-language  system  messages;  the  kbd  STREAMS  module,
	keyboard  mapping, and  character  composition;  extended UNIX
	code (EUC) and wide  characters;  message-library  support and
	string  extraction  tools; changes to existing system commands
	and  libraries;  new  programming  libraries  and  programming
	guidelines; Western European conventions, collation sequences,
	and compose sequences.

        DYNIX/ptx ASSIST Software Development Tools Guide
        This guide explains how to use the astgen program to  make  or
        modify a menu or a command form for the ASSIST menu-interface.
        (Information about using ASSIST is included in  chapter  5  of
        the User's Guide.)

        DYNIX/ptx Form and Menu Language Interpreter  (FMLI)  Program-
        ming Guide
        This guide describes how to create forms or menus for applica-
        tions  using  the Form and Menu Language Interpreter.  FMLI is
        also used to create and modify FACE menus.

        DYNIX/ptx Implementation Differences
        This manual describes how the current release of the DYNIX/ptx
        operating  system differs from AT&T System V Release 3.2.  The
        manual describes system-wide differences  and  differences  in
        manual pages by section.

        POSIX Conformance Specification
        This document describes how DYNIX/ptx  conforms  to  the  IEEE
        Standard  1003.1-1988  Portable Operating System Interface for
        Computer Environments  (POSIX).  The  document  has  the  same
        structure  as  the  POSIX specification, and includes Sequent-
        specific implementation details that are within the  scope  of
        the POSIX specification.

	BCS Conformance Specification
	This  guide  describes  the  DYNIX/ptx  implementation  of the
	System V Binary  Compatibility  Specification  (BCS) for Intel
	i386  processors.  It  describes  BCS code  generation,  lists
	differences  between  DYNIX/ptx  and  BCS, and  discusses  BCS
	features that are not supported in this implementation.

	X/Open Conformance Specification
	This document contains the X/Open Conformance Statement, which
	specifies how DYNIX/ptx meets the definitions contained in the
	X/Open Portability Guide 3.

        DYNIX/ptx Release Notes and Installation Instructions
        These release  notes  support  the  current  operating  system
        release.   Release  notes  document features and compatibility
        issues, installation instructions,  unresolved  problems,  and
        late additions to documentation.


     DYNIX/ptx C and Language Tools


        DYNIX/ptx C User's Manual
        This manual contains a description of the  Sequent  extensions
        to  the C language as documented in the first edition of The C
        Programming Language by Brian Kernighan  and  Dennis  Ritchie.
        These  extensions  include features of the proposed ANSI stan-
        dard as well as extensions to previous  Sequent  C  compilers.
        This  manual  also  describes considerations for porting other
        UNIX C programs to DYNIX/ptx.

        DYNIX/ptx lint Reference Manual
        This manual describes the command-line options  for  the  lint
        command  and discusses the ramifications of using some options
        with certain code styles.

        DYNIX/ptx ld User's Guide
        This guide describes the DYNIX/ptx linker and  provides  exam-
        ples  of  the  command language directives.  It also discusses
        the usage of archive libraries,  nonrelocatable  input  files,
        and allocating space in virtual memory.

        DYNIX/ptx Assembly Language User's Manual
        This manual describes the  differences  between  the  assembly
        language  accepted by the DYNIX/ptx assembler and the assembly
        language described in the 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual.
        It  discusses  command-line options, file formats, statements,
        assembler directives, and floating-point instructions for both
        the 80387 numeric coprocessor and the Weitek 1167 coprocessor.
        This manual also identifies considerations for porting  System
        V  i386  programs to DYNIX/ptx or i386 programs from DYNIX 3.0
        to DYNIX/ptx.

        DYNIX/ptx Pdbx User's Manual
        This manual describes how to  use  the  parallel  debugger  to
        debug  programs written in C, FORTRAN, or 80386/80387 assembly
        language.  It includes a command dictionary that describes all
        Pdbx commands.

        DYNIX/ptx Pdbx Quick Reference Card
        This reference card describes  all  Pdbx  commands  and  their
        options  in  a succinct format. Commands are grouped logically
        for easy reference.  This card also describes  how  to  invoke
        and  how  to  exit  the  debugger,  and  lists  the predefined
        debugger variables, processor register  names,  and  the  sup-
        ported display formats.

        DYNIX/ptx C and Language Tools Man Pages
        This manual page set documents  the  language  tools  provided
        with  the  base operating system software and includes the cc,
        ld, and lint manual pages.

        DYNIX/ptx C and Language Tools Release Notes
        These release notes support the C and language tools software.
        Release  notes  document  features  and  compatibility issues,
        unresolved problems, and late additions to documentation.


     Documentation Available by Request

     The following books are optional and can be ordered by sending in
     the  card  at  the  back  of  the  release notes.  Customers will
     receive a free copy.

        UNIX System V  Software  Release  2.0  DOCUMENTER'S  WORKBENCH
        Technical Discussion and Reference Manual
        This manual is for experienced users  and  presents  technical
        information  about text formatting tools according to patterns
        of customary use.  The DOCUMENTER'S WORKBENCH manual pages are
        provided in this manual.

        UNIX System V Software Release 2.0 DOCUMENTER'S WORKBENCH User
        Guide
        This guide is for new users and contains tutorials  and  exam-
        ples  to  familiarize  the  user  with the DWB text formatting
        tools.


     Documentation Available by Separate Order

     The following documentation is not packaged with  the  base  set,
     but is available on the price list.

        DYNIX/ptx STREAMS Kernel Programming Guide
        This guide contains detailed STREAMS information for  applica-
        tion programmers, including how programmers can develop appli-
        cations with STREAM user-level facilities.

	DYNIX/ptx ptx/ADMIN Development Guide
	This guide describes how to develop your own menus and forms 
	and then add them to the ptx/ADMIN menu system.

	Guide to Parallel Programming
	This guide introduces basic parallel-programming  concepts and
	provides "how to" information for developing parallel programs
	on a Symmetry computer system.
