Getting Help

As you explore Unix, you are bound to have questions. Some ways to get answers include:

• The entire Unix manual is on-line.

man command

displays the manual page for the given command.

man -k keyword

looks up the given keyword in an index and lists the commands that may be relevant.

• The CS Department systems staff has collected a variety of additional help documents. You can find them by going to the Dept home page (http://www.cs.odu.edu/) and selecting “Frequently Asked Questions” under the “Systems Group” heading.

• A staff member is generally on duty or on call in the public CS lab in Hughes Hall (on the Norfolk campus) whenever that room is open.

• If none of the above help, then send e-mail to "root@cs.odu.edu". This is also how you report bugs, machine failures, etc.