UNIX Use

Path and Environment

• For convenience, copy ~fox/.login to your .login file as follows:
  cp ~fox/.login ~
• To store files for WWW access, create a directory as follows:
  mkdir ~/public_html
• To access files from WWW, use addressing as in the following example
  1. Put your file in subdirectory public_html
  2. For example, have file testimg.gif in ~fox/public_html
  3. Refer to it with URL: http://video.cs.vt.edu:90/~fox/testimg.gif

Electronic Mail

• Can use "mail" command
• Put "H3004" in subject of message
• Put your name in each msg

Useful Commands and Files

• acroread (Acrobat Reader - also launched by Netscape)
• archie - search for software on Internet
• cd (change directory)
• elm (mail reader that handles MIME enclosures)
• emacs (extensible editor)
• gopher (browse in gopher-space - internet-wide menus)
• image processing commands
  • cjpeg: compress PPM file to JPEG
  • djpeg: decompress PPM file from JPEG
  • ghostview: X interface to view PostScript files
  • kms (powerful hypertext system)
  • ~kmssys/kmsdoc for KMS documentation in PostScript
  • xloadimage: X interface to view certain types of image files
  • xv: X interface to view and manipulate image files
• logout (or "exit" to end your session)
• ls (list files, or "ls -l" for more details)
• man (find out about a command)
• mkdir (make a directory)
• netscape (WWW browser)
• rm (remove a file)
• sgmls: checker or translator for SGML files
• sqhm: SGML type editor adapted to HTML
• /u4/abs for abstracts of Digital Library entries
• /u4/bib for BibTeX files for entries with key starting A-L (newest1.bib) or M-Z (newest2.bib)
• /u4/pages for page images
• /usr/local/bin for other executable routines
• vi (popular UNIX editor)