ZZASSGL%cms.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (02/02/90)
I am looking for a Unix jargon file to include in a guide to the Unix system I am setting up here. It should contain explainations of things like path, file, directory and work up. I already have the Frequently Asked Questions file but this starts at much too high a level. The readers of the guide may never have used a computer before - never mind Unix! Geoff. Lane. UTS Sys Admin mcc
packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) (02/03/90)
In article <22303@adm.BRL.MIL> ZZASSGL%cms.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk writes: >I am looking for a Unix jargon file to include in a guide to the >... >The readers of the guide may never have used a computer before - never >mind Unix! Anyone who anticipates being introduced to computers through Unix should crawl in a hole and die. For example, it's possible to create files inadvertently whose very names make it impossible to delete them without special contortions. I learned this the first time a file whose name was preceded by a "-" materialized in my directory. The "man" writeup on rm contained the clue I needed, as I recall. I now have a file called "520-529 top25" I'm thinking about deleting someday. Somewhere in the man pages for rm there must be the clue to that too, when I'm in the mood for manese.
scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich) (02/03/90)
> Anyone who anticipates being introduced to computers through Unix > should crawl in a hole and die. ... and go to he11 where they can use msdos... right? > For example, it's possible to create files inadvertently whose very > names make it impossible to delete them without special contortions. > I learned this the first time a file whose name was preceded by a > "-" materialized in my directory. The "man" writeup on rm contained > the clue I needed, as I recall. I now have a file called "520-529 top25" > I'm thinking about deleting someday. Somewhere in the man pages for > rm there must be the clue to that too, when I'm in the mood for manese. A backslash can do wonders here and there... Then, have you ever found system software that made a file called ``*''? I have.... it is great for new users (ie: no sub directories!) Personally.... my home directory is now down from my password home by a directory named ``... '' That's right. My ``~scott'' directory appears empty-- it looks like the only files I have are: . .. ... I am working on a shell that will move all of your files down a sub-directory maze.... turn permissions off on all the directories, change all aliases to prevent anything but ``cd'' and update the login shell. Want to test it? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott D. Yelich scott@cs.odu.edu [128.82.8.1] After he pushed me off the cliff, he asked me, as I fell, ``Why'd you jump?'' -----------------------------------------------------------------------------