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Re: ArrrrrrrrrrrrghIX



Ira,

>sorry for this post, I need to let off steam...

Now that the steam is out, and I'm sure you feel a lot better, then...

>we got a new IBM machine. PowerPC, latest version AIX.
>
>no man pages.
>
>I mean, the OS comes with the manpages PRINTED IN BOOKS. no man FILES.
>
>then I have to fight the stupid ksh (standard shell on AIX I guess). I
>learned ksh, and I know the differences between the linux' pdksh and the
>real one, this AIX ksh behaves even LESS like ksh than pdksh does!
>
>so I tried csh or tcsh, they both ignored the PATH variable (you read
>correctly). I went back to ksh after typing /bin/ls for the tenth time.
>
>now I'm compiling egcs, then RCS, then perl...
>
>
>to sum it up: it's worse than Sloaris. thank god for linux distribution
>designers, who put the right things in and make the OS usable! Thanks
>Redhat, and thank you Patrick Volkerding!

I've been using quite a lot of AIX.

1. The man pages are, of course, available. It is an installation
   *option* to leave them out (save space). The one who installed
   the system for you is probably to blame. On top of the man pages,
   there's an elaborate info system with all sorts of search options
   and GUI. You can like it, or hate it - but it's there.

2. ksh indeed is far from being great, but then you do have csh and
   you can definitely do tcsh. I don't know why tcsh ignored your
   path - should be checked; I use tcsh (on AIX) all the time.

3. AIX has a learning curve. Those who are used to BSD's and/or
   Suns tend to dislike it - at least in the beginning. However,
   at its current level, it is one of the more robust and stable
   unixes around.

Check why you don't have man pages, and why tcsh doesn't work for
you. Both should not be issues.

Ciao
Doron Shikmoni