Unix

1)Unix is case sensitive, dos is not 2)Unix has multitasking, ms-dos doesn't (some versions of DOS like DR.DOS have ...

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To put it very generically, Linux is an operating system kernel, and UNIX is a certification for operating systems. The UNIX...

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Answerto find out the memory of each processes running on our unix/ Linux box type "PS -aux | more" would list u all the...

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Internet Information Services is used to make your computer a web server. If we want to have a web server for developing dynamic...

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'smit/smitty' is the administrator tool for configuration in AIX.

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echo "enter the value of a" read a echo "enter the value of b" read b c=`expr $a + $b` echo "the sum of a and b is $c"

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to create a directory that a server thinks is the root directory, thereby blocking acces by the server to all other areas of the...

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If you break apart the permissions by category: The owner has rw (read and write permission) Implies delete and copy/rename A...

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Use "time". For example instead of using "ls" to get a directory listing, using "time ls" will give the directory listing as...

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For Unix, any command is run as a sub-process. You don't need an actual command to create the subprocess. You can also force the...

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While I'm not familiar with any Unix OS that creates files named core.dmp (Unix systems do not typically use 3 letter suffixes),...

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The ioctl system call is a low level I/O system call that allows the developer a fine-grained ability to change certain things...

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Eclipse with CDT (C/C++ development tools) see: http://eclipse.org/cdt

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There are many variations of the useradd command; most standard installations may not have this switch. Please identify which...

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IBM AIX currently only supports Power chip processors, which are not the Intel X86 format.

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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_UNIX_Network_Management

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Unix is a mainframe operating system that was invented at Bell Labs in 1969. Linux is actually a free software (also known as...

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The common shell variables differ according to which shell you are talking about. In general, they control the shell environment...

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I presume you mean writing shell scripts that operate under the super user account - scripts are written for any reason to help...

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"posix" is a latest version of a operating system of "unix",published by ieee 1003.2 standard

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In Unix, with a C program you can run a quick function to do this. There is an example at: (link moved to link section)...

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well there my friends you all should know first of all dear sweet souls of the universe...

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They tried to sue several companies, including IBM

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There is one general command for the UNIX (actual UNIX not Linux) which will yield which port is being used by what service: lsof...

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It depends on what you are checking. You can use the 'df' command to see what is currently mounted via NFS and the 'mount'...

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Multiuser refers to having more than 1 person able to log into the computer and each person have their own settings (bookmark,...

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In debridement, dead tissue is removed so that the remaining living tissue can adequately heal.

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Unix is not an abbreviation. The name is a play on the Multics operating system. Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing...

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You don't mention what kind of 'request'.

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It generally refers to setting the text that will appear when the shell prompt is asking the user to type in a command, meaning,...

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Brittney Miles in 1976, also wrote answers for dummies, and Started 3 Ron Weasley fan clubs

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Use the "-i" argument See 'man grep' for more information

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visual interactive

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On the off chance that the name of the binary / script is in uppercase, yes. But "ifconfig", "Ifconfig", and "IFCONFIG" are...

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RTOS has deterministic time behavior or u can say it has timing constraint over application.

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See related links

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The 'ls' command is an external command (found in /bin)

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They are both UNIX shells, that is some kind of old DOS environments on older PCs, but just doing similar things in UNIX. Both...

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This information is stored in the inode for the file.

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Yes - especially through the use of virtual machine technology. Otherwise, you can configure the laptop as a dual-boot machine.

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Unix is a classification of operating systems that conform to a certain specification, based on that of the original Unix...

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On each system clock tick, at interval set by design... If no other runnable threads, return from clock interrupt. Save the...

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Becoz Apple love windows. windows is Grand Father of apple. Windows using more secure file scructure then apple.

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Part of an answer: Every *nix has its own filesystem. Here's some examples. An arrow "->" means "was replaced by". Linux:...

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Difference: Back in the days before Microsoft Windows dominated the PC market, operating system were controlled by commands....

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This is too general a question to be able to answer in a wiki format. Please be more specific.

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dd is an abbreviation for "data definition." It is often jokingly said to stand for "destroy data."

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The principals were Richie and Thompson, along later with Kernighan (for C).

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The very first one, period. The first shell for Unix didn't originally have a name but has since been referred to as the Thompson...

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First of all, Unix (and even Linux) is NOT virus free. Although rare, there are viruses for such systems. One of the primary...

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POSIX stands for Portable Operating System Interface for UniX. It is an IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface...

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The current terminal or console.

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The wait and signal operations on condition variables in a monitor are similar to P and V operations on counting semaphores. A...

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Neither one is strictly CUI (Character User Interface). Both can use a variety of user interfaces, notably that of an X server.

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Linux and Unix have many similarities, but Linux has many features that most Unices do not have, and some current Unix...

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A Unix shell can be obtained in Cygwin, a Unix compatibility layer used to compile Unix programs and run them on Windows....

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Unix is an operating system, and C is a programming language. It just so happens that Unix is written in the C language...

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The 'tee' command creates one for you automatically. You would use it to simultaneously look at output from a process and...

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/var shouldn't be strictly necessary, since, in single-user mode, there aren't going to be many daemons running, outputting logs,...

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I figure you are talking about firefox internet browser? To clear history,open firefox, go to tools>Clear Recent History, and...

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Data structures that contain information about files in Unix file systems that are created when a file system is created. Each...

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Several different versions of UNIX have GUI's or Graphical User Interfaces. The most common example of UNIX with an interface is...

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It is not possible to install AIX on a laptop in any way.

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Zombie On Unix operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an...

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Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®, sometimes also written as Unix or Unix® with small caps) is a computer operating system...

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The UNIX Operating System is available on machines with a wide range of computing power, from microcomputers to mainframes, and...

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Wheat kernels are made up of three components: endosperm, bran, and germ.

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Here is the link to the subcategory of Unix: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/5513

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If the perl script outputs to the standard output device, use the I/O redirection operators (>, >>, |) to redirect it...

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When a web page is loading on your screen, any script errors are page faults.

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AnswerTo activate the ntp server try the following command:# svcadm enable svc:/network/ntp:defaultAfter that check if the...

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Even in the early days when Linux first came out, it was often commented upon how much faster it was than traditional Unix...

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- The functioning of UNIX operating system is handled in three levels. At the heart of UNIX is the kernel, which interact with...

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The shell interpreter uses the PATH or path variable to determine which directories to look in. It will look for an executable...

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The 'exit' command allows you to stop a running shell script at any point and to return a "status" value back to whomever called...

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Most, if not all, Operating Systems modify your systems boot instructions to give the option of what to boot from,also some...

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lolz

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Built-in commands are also known as internal commands. Internal commands are built into the command interpreter. On Linux systems...

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This is not a true or false statement; it all depends on what you are trying to do. Some things execute faster in Linux, and some...

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Grep is a command line application that is used to search a file or files and extract data from it/them according to a pattern or...

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Treating devices as files makes it much simpler to perform raw data operations on them. For example, to make a copy of your hard...

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Dennis Ritchie and Kenneth Thompson

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superblock

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Its opens the file testing with the program vi.

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Different versions of Unix use different methods of page replacement depending on situations; there is no one size fits all. You...

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Usually, one would use the man command. For instance man ls

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The a default Unix shell is the shell that comes with and is activated initially with your distribution of Unix. The shell is...

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The kernel is the lowest layer of abstraction in any OS, including Linux. It takes care of the core components of a system, and...

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The kernel The kernel is the hub of the operating system: it allocates time and memory to programs and handles the filestore...

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Advantages • Full multitasking with protected memory. Multiple users can run multiple programs each at the same time without...

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This is a holding question for Unix-related questions that are poorly worded and not grammatically correct. Please do not split...

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Yes, the 'sed' command is designed for that purpose (among other reasons, of course). As long as you know what the unwanted...

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using touch command of UNIX. syntax touch <filename> will create dummy regular file.

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i have no frekin clue

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The sticky bit will prevent a user from deleting other user's files in a world writeable directory (such as /tmp). Otherwise, any...

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This unenlightened question is found on many A+ certification exams, First, I will tell you the answer that they want. Then I...

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