This book describes the following communications applications: Mail, Message Handler (MH), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Basic Networking Utilities (BNU), and Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (ATE). It provides overviews, concepts, and procedures on receiving and sending mail and messages, transferring files (ftp command), printing files from and to a remote system, running commands on other systems, communicating between local and remote systems, and customizing the communications environment.
This book is intended for end users who need information on communications applications and services for the operating system.
The following highlighting conventions are used in this book:
| Bold | Identifies commands, subroutines, keywords, files, structures, directories, and other items whose names are predefined by the system. Also identifies graphical objects such as buttons, labels, and icons that the user selects. |
| Italics | Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be supplied by the user. |
| Monospace | Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what you might see displayed, examples of portions of program code similar to what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or information you should actually type. |
Everything in the AIX operating system is case-sensitive, which means that it distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters. For example, you can use the ls command to list files. If you type LS, the system responds that the command is "not found." Likewise, FILEA, FiLea, and filea are three distinct file names, even if they reside in the same directory. To avoid causing undesirable actions to be performed, always ensure that you use the correct case.
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