First Edition (October 1997)

Trademarks and Acknowledgements

About This Book

Chapter 1. Login Names, System IDs, and Passwords

Chapter 2. User Environment and System Information

Chapter 3. Commands and Processes

Chapter 4. Input and Output Redirection

Chapter 5. File Systems and Directories

Chapter 6. Files

Chapter 7. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Printer Terminology

Starting a Print Job (qprt Command)

Canceling a Print Job (qcan Command)

Checking Print Job Status (qchk Command)

Printer Status Conditions

Prioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command)

Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)

Moving a Print Job to Another Print Queue (qmov Command)

Formatting Files for Printing (pr Command)

Printing ASCII Files on a PostScript Printer

Automating the Conversion of ASCII to PostScript

Overriding Automatic Determination of Print File Types

Command Summary for Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Chapter 8. Backup Files and Storage Media

Chapter 9. File and System Security

Chapter 10. Customizing the User Environment

Chapter 11. Shells

Chapter 12. Miscellaneous Tools and Utilities

Chapter 13. Documentation Search Service

Appendix A. Accessing Information with InfoExplorer