The information in this section provides documentation for AIX 5L™ Version 5.3 operating system. You will find both PDF and HTML versions
of the documentation in this section.
Notices
AIX documentation legal notices and copyright information
AIX PDFs
This topic contains links to PDFs of the AIX documentation.
Commands reference
This topic contains links to information about the
AIX commands, including syntax statements, flag descriptions, and usage examples.
Commands are listed alphabetically and categorically.
Files reference
This topic contains information about AIX files for
experienced programmers. Files are listed alphabetically.
How-to's
This topic contains links to step-by-step information for completing
user and administrator tasks.
Installation and migration
This topic provides system administrators with complete
information about how to perform such tasks as installing and maintaining
the AIX® operating system and optional software on standalone systems,
and on client systems from a resource server using the Network Install
Management (NIM) interface. It also includes information about how
to migrate a system, manage system backups, install AIX updates, use
alternate disk installation, and troubleshoot problems with installation.
This topic is available on the documentation media that is shipped
with the operating system.
Networks and communication
This topic contains links to information about networking your
AIX system and communicating with your AIX system.
Performance management and tuning
This topic contains links to information about managing and tuning
the performance of your AIX system.
Printers and Printing
This information provides users and system administrators
with concepts and procedures on how to perform such tasks as printing
files, managing the progress of print requests, and configuring printers.
For more advanced users and programmers, this information contains
concepts and procedures on print spooling and topics such as the printer
backend. This information is also available on the documentation CD
that is shipped with the operating system.
Programming for AIX
This topic contains links to information about programming
your AIX system, including some command information, diagnostic information,
and kernel information.
Security
AIX® allows you to perform tasks such as hardening a system,
changing permissions, setting up authentication methods, and configuring
the Common Criteria Security Evaluation features. This topic is also
available on the documentation CD that is shipped with the operating
system.
System management
This topic contains links to information about managing your AIX
system, including communication information, networking information, and general
conceptual information about AIX.
Technical reference
This topic contains links to information about AIX runtime services
for experienced C programmers, and reference information for keyboard layouts
and translation tables.
Glossary
This topic contains AIX-specific definition information for terms
used in AIX documentation.