To learn how to use info , either type man info or info info or click here . This is provided by way of the help command. In fact, help is based on the info command but serves a distinct set of documents. Because help describes the local environment, it is an extremely useful source of information for new arrivals in the department. Once you understand how info works, you can see a list of topics for help by typing help at the shell prompt.
Some packages provide documentation in the form of postscript files or as ascii text.
When such packages are installed, the documentation is often copied to this directory. You should feel free to browse through the files located here and its subdirectories. The documents are there for your benefit. All graduate students are expected to follow certain newsgroups for announcements about deadlines, requirements, meetings, cancellations, and system downtime. In addition to these newsgroups, there are a number of lab-specific newsgroups.