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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo index 2c86fdab8..2e3a714ad 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo @@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ If you have installed Cygwin, you can find lots of documentation in @samp{/usr/share/doc/}. Many packages ship with standard documentation, -you can find this in a directory @samp{/usr/share/doc/@emph{package_name}}. +which you can find in @samp{/usr/share/doc/@emph{package_name}} or by +using the @code{man} or @code{info} tools. (Hint: use @code{cygcheck +-l @emph{package_name}} to list what man pages the package includes.) In addition, some packages have Cygwin specific instructions in a file @samp{/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/@emph{package_name}.README}. Some older packages still keep their documentation in @samp{/usr/doc/} instead of @samp{/usr/share/doc/}. -There are links to quite a lot of it on the main Cygwin project web -page: @file{http://cygwin.com/}. Be sure to at least -read any 'Release Notes' or 'Readme' or 'read this' links on the main -web page, if there are any. +There are links to quite a lot of documentation on the main Cygwin +project web page, @file{http://cygwin.com/}, including this FAQ. Be +sure to at least read any 'Release Notes' or 'Readme' or 'read this' +links on the main web page, if there are any. There is a comprehensive Cygwin User's Guide at @file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html} |