CHATTER@auvm.auvm.edu (09/27/90)
i am a graduate student interested in working on thesis on intelligent interfac e for unix. it would be an expert system (nexpert) running under sun. i am deci ding that at its best it should identify the right commANDS AND FLAGS TO DO A P ARTICULAR TASK. IT IS JUST AN IDEA NOW AND I WOULD APPRECIATE FROM THE UNIX "gu rus" a comment if the idea is worth a graduate thesis, whether someone is famil iar with similar work done at any school/office. thank you mahesh chatterjee the american univ., washington dc e mail address chatter@auvm
grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann) (09/27/90)
CHATTER@auvm.auvm.edu writes: >i am a graduate student interested in working on thesis on intelligent interfac >e for unix. it would be an expert system (nexpert) running under sun. i am deci >ding that at its best it should identify the right commANDS AND FLAGS TO DO A P >ARTICULAR TASK. IT IS JUST AN IDEA NOW AND I WOULD APPRECIATE FROM THE UNIX "gu >rus" a comment if the idea is worth a graduate thesis, whether someone is famil >iar with similar work done at any school/office. not an intelligent interface but ... Any interface has got to be an improvement over what is in most unixs eg sunos. Solbourne (sun sparc compatible manufacturer) distribute some sort of interface that runs under x-windows. Maybe you should look at that as a minimum requirement for your system. -- Greg Lehmann, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology, Telephone: +61 7 377 3877 c/- Dept. of Mining & Metallurgical Eng., Facsimile: +61 7 371 4461 The University of Queensland, QLD 4072. Internet: grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au
dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (09/27/90)
In article <grl.654411894@groucho>, grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann) writes: |> Solbourne (sun sparc compatible manufacturer) distribute some sort of interface |> that runs under x-windows. Maybe you should look at that as a minimum |> requirement for your system. Unless they've completely rewritten it in the past year, the Solbourne system can run under X or curses, and the protocol is such that front-ends can be written for other types of window/terminal systems. -- ...David Elliott ...dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce ...(408)944-4073 ...Krusty says: Give a hoot, read a book!
karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov (karl anderson ) (09/27/90)
Both HP and Silicon Graphics provide impressive system administration interfaces with their OSs. HP's runs in an xterm under their Motif-compliant X implementation. SGI's is graphical. I suggest you check them out. -- Karl A. Anderson | Internet: karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC code 923 (STX) | voice: (301) 286-3815 Greenbelt, MD 20771 | %include <std_disclaimer>
zebr360@ut-emx.uucp (Jerry Heyman) (09/28/90)
In article <90269.212511CHATTER@auvm.auvm.edu> CHATTER@auvm.auvm.edu writes: >i am a graduate student interested in working on thesis on intelligent interfac >e for unix. it would be an expert system (nexpert) running under sun. i am deci >ding that at its best it should identify the right commANDS AND FLAGS TO DO A P >ARTICULAR TASK. IT IS JUST AN IDEA NOW AND I WOULD APPRECIATE FROM THE UNIX "gu >rus" a comment if the idea is worth a graduate thesis, whether someone is famil >iar with similar work done at any school/office. >thank you >mahesh chatterjee >the american univ., washington dc e mail address chatter@auvm IBM has recently introduced the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) on its AIX v3.1 that currently runs on the RISC System/6000. While there are pro's and con's as to whether or not Unix guru's will like it, it takes some of the worry out of system admining for a novice. It is menu driven, but can be entered at any point if you specify the command you wish to execute. SMIT will display the appropriate menu for the command (or series of menus if you start at the root) and then will execute the right command (with all the correct flags) for you. It also saves the entire dialog for you so that you can see exactly what commands were executed by SMIT based on your menu selections. It runs on any type of ASCII terminal and inside of an xterm (but doesn't take advantage of the features of xterms). jerry heyman -- Jerry Heyman by day: IBM AWD, AIX Development zebr360@emx.utexas.edu by nite: Adjunct Lecturer at St. Edward's Univ. *All comments are my own and should not be construed to represent any one else