Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!brolga!groucho!grl From: grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: intelligent interface for unix admin. available ????? Message-ID: Date: 27 Sep 90 05:04:54 GMT References: <90269.212511CHATTER@auvm.auvm.edu> Sender: news@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au Organization: Prentice Computer Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia. Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: groucho.brb.dmt.csiro.au 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