XL Fortran provides product documentation in the following
formats:
- Readme files
- Installable man pages
- An HTML-based information system
- Portable Document Format (PDF) documents
These items are located, or accessed as follows:
- Readme files
- The readme files are located in
/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/9.1/doc/$LANG/ and in the root directory of
the installation CD.
- Man pages
- Man pages are provided for the compiler invocations and all command-line
utilities provided with the product.
- HTML-based information
- An information system composed of HTML files is provided in the
/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/9.1/doc/$LANG/html directory. To
access the HTML information, open the index.htm file in a
frames-capable browser.
- PDF documents
- The PDF files are located in the
/opt/ibmcmp/xlf/9.1/doc/$LANG/pdf directory. They are
viewable and printable from a pdf viewer like Xpdf.
LANG represents the language and location code. For
example, en_US is the language and location code for US
English.
To view the documentation, you must have the X Window system working
on your system. In addition, you need to have the appropriate viewers,
such as a frames-capable HTML browser like Mozilla (version 1.0, or
later) and a PDF viewer, such as Xpdf.
Cross references between important User's Guide and Language
Reference topics are linked. While viewing a given document, you can access a linked topic in the other document by clicking
the link. You do not need to close the document you are viewing to
access the linked information in the other documnent.
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