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>This manual set is organized into several parts:

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>Tutorial</DT
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>An introduction for new users. Does not cover advanced features.</P
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>User's Guide</DT
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>General information for users, including available commands and data types.</P
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>Programmer's Guide</DT
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>Advanced information for application programmers. Topics include
type and function extensibility, library interfaces, and application design issues.</P
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>Administrator's Guide</DT
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>Installation and management information. List of supported machines.</P
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>Information for <SPAN
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for those who are contributing to the <SPAN
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project; application development information should appear in the 
<I
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>Detailed reference information on command syntax.
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>In addition to this manual set, there are other resources to help you with
<SPAN
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>The man pages have general information on command syntax.</P
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>The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents address both general issues
and some platform-specific issues.</P
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>README files are available for some contributed packages.</P
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not appearing in the distribution. There is a <SPAN
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which is a rich resource for many topics.</P
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>The <A
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mailing list is a good place to have user questions answered. Other mailing lists are available; consult
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><SPAN
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As such, it depends on the user community for
ongoing support. As you begin to use <SPAN
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you will rely on others
for help, either through the documentation or through the mailing lists. 
Consider contributing your
knowledge back. If you learn something which is not in the documentation, 
write it up and contribute it.
If you add features to the code, contribute it. 
Even those without a lot of experience can provide
corrections and minor changes in the documentation, and that is a good way to start.
The 
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