Guide to the Center for Aging UNIX System



Table of Contents




Intro -
  • Intended Audience
  • What the geri system looks like, ie. the different servers
  • and what they do, OS version, directories, login
  • defaults, what you can do on the system
  • An OS with many options

    I. On-Line Help - Your first stop on the problem solving bus
  • The man pages
  • Answerbook
  • Program specific help

    II. Getting Connected - Join the Party
  • ssh and telnet
  • sftp and ftp
  • X Windows
  • Logging In
  • Passwords
  • Logging out
  • Remote Access

    III. File Names and Directories - What am I looking for? Where is it? and Why do I want it?
  • Home directory and accessibility from rubin and gerisparc
  • File Names
  • Using directories and sub-directories - pwd, mkdir, rmdir
  • Paths - absolute and relative
  • Using ls, cd, find, grep, more, less

    IV. Managing Your Space - How not to fill up the partitions
  • How much disk space is being used
  • Copying and Moving Files
  • Removing Files
  • The automatic compression routine
  • Backups

    V. Printing - You've seen the video, now read the book
  • Print commands and their options
  • Where the paper comes out
  • Killing a job you sent by mistake

    VI. Editing - There's more than one way to create a document
  • Intro
  • vi
  • Pico
  • Emacs

    VII. E-mail - And you think overnight delivery is quick
  • Pine
  • POP3 and IMAP
  • Dealing with attachements
  • Is your email slow??

    VIII. Inter-Networking - Computers of the world at your finger tips
  • Netscape
  • ssh (telnet)
  • sftp (ftp)

    IX. Data Analysis
  • SAS
  • SPlus
  • HLM
  • Lisrel8
  • SUDAAN

    Appendices
  • Table of frequently used UNIX commands and symbols
  • Table of control key actions
  • List of software on the geri system
  • Recommended reading
  • Who to call for tech support