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UNIX

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an operating system most commonly used for web and application servers

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UNIX Summer 2008 courses

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  • No Unix courses are scheduled this semester
     
                                           
     

    Useful Links

    vi quick reference and tutorial
    http://www.jaws.umn.edu/vi/
    quick and dirty vi help

    unix tips
    http://www.cs.odu.edu/~public/Unix/unix.html
    unix tips from the computer science department at Old Dominion University

    secure shell client: windows
    http://www.umn.edu/adcs/help/sw-updates/win32.html#telnet
    PuTTY SSH client, version 0.58

    secure shell client: macintosh (OS 9)
    http://www.umn.edu/adcs/help/sw-updates/mac.html#telnet
    Nifty Telnet v.1.1
    BetterTelnet v.2.4 for both 68K and PPC macs

    secure shell client: macintosh (OS X)
    uses its own Terminal application

    search engine
    http://www.google.com
    because unix has been around for so long, there are limitless resources available on the internet; if you do a google search on what you're trying to do, preceded by the word unix, you can find just about anything you need







     

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    tips andtricks

    picture of a push pinfree web courses from Sun

    Free web courses are available from Sun via the Sun Academic Initiative. Topics include:

    • Solaris 10 Operating Environment
    • Solaris 9 Operating Environment
    • Solaris 8 Operating Environment
    • Java Technology
    • Server and Storage Systems
    • Sun One Middleware
    • StarOffice Software

    To access the courses go to http://www.umn.edu/adcs/site/sun. Follow the instruction provided there.

    If you have any question or need assistance, send email to software@umn.edu.

    beware of spaces in file names

    Although both MacOS and Windows now allow you to save files with spaces in the filename, UNIX does not always take kindly to spaces.

    Our best advice is to avoid spaces in filenames and use the underscore (_) and the hyphen (-) to make filenames more readable. Whether your particular file system allows spaces or not, avoiding spaces in filenames will make your files work happily on a broad variety of unix systems.

    Unix in a Nutshell Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly Media, Inc., 4th edition. ISBN: 0596100299

    Learning the UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition
    Jerry Peek, Grace Todino-Gonguet, John Strang; O'Reilly Media, Inc., 5th edition. ISBN: 0596002610

    Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide (2nd Edition)
    Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray; Peachpit Press. ISBN: 0321170105

    Essential System Administration, Third Edition
    Æleen Frisch, O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 0596003439

    UNIX System Administration Handbook (3rd Edition) Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein, Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0130206016

    Unix Power Tools, Third Edition
    Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek (Editor), Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides, O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 0596003307

    UNIX Hints and Hacks Kirk Waingrow; Que. ISBN: 0789719274

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