
The following User Guides are available for the Central UNIX system. Some are grouped by major publication, others are listed under specific topics.
The Introduction to UNIX publication is available via the El Corral Bookstore. It contains a variety of chapters which are intended for the novice UNIX user.
Document Conventions and Table of Contents (available in PDF and Word formats)
UNIX Systems Available at Cal Poly (AIX00001 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Login/Logout Procedures (AIX10103 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Menuing System on Central UNIX (AIX23010 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Fundamental UNIX Commands (AIX20102 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using PICO (AIX30301 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using vi (AIX30201 is available in PDF and Word formats)
vi / ex Quick Reference (AIX30203 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using PINE (AIX80530 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Elm (AIX80521 is available in PDF and Word formats)
UNIX Mail (AIX80501 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using Gopher on UNIX (AIX90320 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using lynx on UNIX (AIX90343 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using ph (AIX90360 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Using ULIB on Central UNIX (AIX50200 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Where to get more information and credits (available in PDF format)
The Compilers At Cal Poly publication lists various compilers available on UNIX platforms on campus. It contains a variety of chapters which are intended for students who are familiar with the languages but need information on the implementation specifics.
Document Conventions and Table of Contents (available in PDF and Word formats)
The Compile and Execution Process (AIX40001 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Alsys Ada (AIX40101 is available in PDF and Word formats)
IBM Ada (AIX40105 is available in PDF and Word formats)
C (AIX40601 is available in PDF and Word formats)
C++ (AIX40604 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Objective C (AIX40607 is available in PDF and Word formats)
FORTRAN (AIX41001is available in PDF and Word formats)
Pascal (AIX41301is available in PDF and Word formats)
Debugging Tools (AIX60301 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Program Maintenance Tools (AIX60501 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Source Management Tools (AIX60101 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Managing Object Libraries (AIX60601 is available in PDF and Word formats)
Where to get more information and credits (available in PDF format)
The following Central UNIX User Guides are available on-line
System Commands
Editors
Languages
Applications/Application Libraries
Utilities
File Structures and Databases
Communications/Data Transfers
Specialized
Revised by: George Westlund (gwestlun@calpoly.edu)