Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [comp.unix.questions...] Diffs to the Frequently Asked Questions postings Message-ID: <10751@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> Date: 5 Feb 90 06:14:45 GMT Sender: news@math.lsa.umich.edu Reply-To: sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Lines: 231 Approved: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Archive-name: unix-questions/04-Feb-90 Original-posting-by: sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) Original-subject: Diffs to the Frequently Asked Questions postings Archive-site: iuvax.cs.indiana.edu [129.79.254.192] Archive-directory: pub Archive-files: Unix-Questions* Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Here are the most recent changes to parts 1 and 2 of the Frequently Asked Questions articles, which have just been posted. You can find the full articles elsewhere in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. You can also ftp the most recent version from iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (129.79.254.192), where it's "pub/Unix-Questions.part1" and "pub/Unix-Questions.part2". *** /tmp/,RCSt1a01782 Sun Feb 4 03:12:54 1990 --- part2 Sun Feb 4 03:12:44 1990 *************** *** 1,6 **** Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting] ! [Last changed: $Date: 90/01/03 15:27:26 $ by $Author: sahayman $] This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. Please don't --- 1,6 ---- Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting] ! [Last changed: $Date: 90/02/04 03:12:39 $ by $Author: sahayman $] This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. Please don't *************** *** 479,485 **** rsh machine -n 'command >/dev/null 2>&1 /dev/null 2>&1 stdout_file 2>stderr_file' + 17) How do I set the permissions on a symbolic link? Permissions on a symbolic link don't really mean anything. The *************** *** 650,655 **** --- 654,662 ---- 8 System maintenance and operation commands + Some Unix versions use non-numeric section names. For instance, + Xenix uses "C" for commands and "S" for functions. + Each section has an introduction, which you can read with "man # intro" where # is the section number. *************** *** 766,773 **** Don Libes' book "Life with Unix" contains lots more of these tidbits. - 20) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...? You can start a very long and pointless discussion by wondering about this topic on the net. Some people say "vye", some say "vee-eye" (the vi manual suggests this) and some Roman numerologists --- 773,780 ---- Don Libes' book "Life with Unix" contains lots more of these tidbits. + 20) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...? You can start a very long and pointless discussion by wondering about this topic on the net. Some people say "vye", some say "vee-eye" (the vi manual suggests this) and some Roman numerologists *************** *** 783,789 **** pronunciation list that has made the rounds in the past. This list is maintained by Maarten Litmaath, maart@cs.vu.nl . - Names derived from UNIX are marked with *, names derived from C are marked with +, names derived from (Net)Hack are marked with & and names deserving futher explanation are marked with a #. The explanations will be given at --- 790,795 ---- *************** *** 799,805 **** store#, potion&, not*+ " QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears, ! double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web& # CROSSHATCH, pound, pound sign, number, number sign, sharp, octothorpe#, hash, fence, crunch, mesh, hex, flash, grid, pig-pen, tictactoe, --- 805,811 ---- store#, potion&, not*+ " QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears, ! double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web&, inverted commas # CROSSHATCH, pound, pound sign, number, number sign, sharp, octothorpe#, hash, fence, crunch, mesh, hex, flash, grid, pig-pen, tictactoe, *************** *** 837,843 **** put#, floor& / SLASH, stroke, virgule, solidus, slant, diagonal, over, slat, slak, ! across#, compress#, spare, divided-by, wand& : COLON, two-spot, double dot, dots, chameleon& --- 843,849 ---- put#, floor& / SLASH, stroke, virgule, solidus, slant, diagonal, over, slat, slak, ! across#, compress#, spare, divided-by, wand&, forward slash : COLON, two-spot, double dot, dots, chameleon& *************** *** 865,880 **** mimic& \ BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat, ! escape*, backslak, bak, reduce#, opulent throne& ^ CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop, up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang, ! sharkfin, and#, xor+, wok, trap&, pointer#, pipe* _ UNDERSCORE, underline, underbar, under, score, backarrow, flatworm, blank, ! chain&, gets# ! ` GRAVE, (grave) accent, backquote, left/open quote, backprime, unapostrophe, backspark, birk, blugle, backtick, push, backglitch, backping, execute#, boulder&, rock& --- 871,886 ---- mimic& \ BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat, ! escape*, backslak, bak, reduce#, opulent throne&, slosh ^ CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop, up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang, ! sharkfin, and#, xor+, wok, trap&, pointer#, pipe*, upper-than# _ UNDERSCORE, underline, underbar, under, score, backarrow, flatworm, blank, ! chain&, gets#, dash# ! ` GRAVE, (grave/acute) accent, backquote, left/open quote, backprime, unapostrophe, backspark, birk, blugle, backtick, push, backglitch, backping, execute#, boulder&, rock& *************** *** 917,923 **** computerized) publishing and typesetting industry in the U.S. too, so ... ! store from FORTH ! # octothorpe from Bell System # unequal e.g. Modula-2 $ string from BASIC $ escape from TOPS-10 --- 923,929 ---- computerized) publishing and typesetting industry in the U.S. too, so ... ! store from FORTH ! # octothorpe from Bell System (orig. octalthorpe) # unequal e.g. Modula-2 $ string from BASIC $ escape from TOPS-10 *************** *** 931,937 **** */ times-div from FORTH = quadrathorpe half an octothorpe - bithorpe half a quadrathorpe (So what's a monothorpe?) ! . put Victor Borge on Electric Company / across APL / compress APL := becomes e.g. Pascal --- 937,944 ---- */ times-div from FORTH = quadrathorpe half an octothorpe - bithorpe half a quadrathorpe (So what's a monothorpe?) ! . put Victor Borge's Phonetic Punctuation which dates back to the ! middle 1950's / across APL / compress APL := becomes e.g. Pascal *************** *** 949,956 **** --- 956,965 ---- \ reduce APL ^ and from formal logic ^ pointer from PASCAL + ^ upper-than cf. > and < _ gets some alternative representation of underscore resembles a backarrow + _ dash as distinct from '-' == minus ` execute from shell command substitution {} Tuborgs from advertizing for well-known Danish beverage {} curly chevr. see "< left chevron" *************** *** 959,965 **** | broken line EBCDIC has two vertical bars, one solid and one broken. ~ enyay from the Spanish n-tilde () nil LISP - -- Steve Hayman Workstation Manager Computer Science Department Indiana U. --- 968,973 ----