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Can customer check online-help for Server Express through AIX command line?

  • April 25, 2013
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Customer asked if they could check online-help for Server Express through AIX command line. They used to run IBM COBOL on AIX server. They were able to get help while typing 'man' command, for example: 'man cob2'.

I would be most appreciative of any information you could give me in this regard.

Best regards,

Shulian.

 

2 replies

  • April 25, 2013

Customer asked if they could check online-help for Server Express through AIX command line. They used to run IBM COBOL on AIX server. They were able to get help while typing 'man' command, for example: 'man cob2'.

I would be most appreciative of any information you could give me in this regard.

Best regards,

Shulian.

 

Hello Shulian:

Server Express does not install any "man" pages, either on AIX or on other UNIX/Linux platforms, so a person cannot obtain online help for Server Express using "man".

When end-users order Server Express, it comes with a physical CD (or in the case of Electronic Product Distribution, a link to a downloadable CD image) that contains the documentation in the form of HTML.  The idea is that the end-user could place this HTML documentation on disk on the UNIX/Linux machine, and then use a browser, running under X-windows, to view the HTML documentation.

But perhaps the best way to see the Server Express documentation is on the Micro Focus web site.   Here is a link:

supportline.microfocus.com/.../sx51indx.htm


Customer asked if they could check online-help for Server Express through AIX command line. They used to run IBM COBOL on AIX server. They were able to get help while typing 'man' command, for example: 'man cob2'.

I would be most appreciative of any information you could give me in this regard.

Best regards,

Shulian.

 

Hi Dan,

Many thanks for your help.