From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:57:54 +1100 Subject: [TUHS] "Edition 0" manual In-Reply-To: <201511240155.tAO1tap2016965@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> References: <201511240155.tAO1tap2016965@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: <20151124025754.GA13195@www.oztivo.net> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 08:55:36PM -0500, Doug McIlroy wrote: > Among the papers of the late Bob Morris I have found a > Unix manual that I don't remember at all--a draft by > Dennis Ritchie, in the style of (but not designated as) > a technical report with numbered sections and subsections. > It does not resemble the familiar layout of the numbered > editions. Besides the usual overview of kernel and shell, > it describes system calls and some commands, in a layout > unrelated to the familiar man-page style. Detailed > reference/tutorial manuals for as, roff, db and ed > are included as appendices. > > The famous and well-justified claim that "UNIX contains a numer > of features very seldom offered even by larger systems" > appears on page 1. > > A little poking around tuhs.org didn't reveal a copy of > this document. Does anybody know of one somewhere else? No, I've not seen anything before Dennis' scan of the 1st Edition manuals. Can you make a scan of this one available? Many thanks, Warren