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

Chapter 8. Backup Files and Storage Media

Backup Policy

Formatting Diskettes (format or fdformat Command)

Checking the Integrity of the File System (fsck Command)

Copying to or from Diskettes (flcopy Command)

Copying Files to Tape or Disk (cpio -o Command)

Copying Files from Tape or Disk (cpio -i Command)

Copying to or from Tapes (tcopy Command)

Checking the Integrity of a Tape (tapechk Command)

Compressing Files (compress and pack Commands)

Expanding Compressed Files (uncompress and unpack Commands)

Backing Up Files (backup Command)

Restoring Backed-Up Files (restore Command)

Archiving Files (tar Command)

Command Summary for 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