Creating New Reference Pages

Creating New Reference Pages

Reference pages are online reference manual entries. A full set of reference pages for the programs, utilities, and files in the standard IRIX distribution is provided on-line, and these pages are available through the man(1) command. In addition, you can create your own custom reference pages using the following procedure. Any time you create a script, utility, program, or application for your users, you should also create a reference page. This provides a convenient way for your users to learn to use your new tools, and also makes future maintenance easier.

Not all sites will have the optional Documenter's Workbench software product installed, but you can create a facsimile of a reference page using only the text editor of your choice. See the following section for details.

Creating a Pure-Text Reference Page using vi