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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Linux (Ubuntu) = Unix (NOT IMPORTANT - NO RUSH) Post 302711191 by Corona688 on Friday 5th of October 2012 01:33:15 PM
Old 10-05-2012
First and foremost, Linux is not UNIX because it says so. The GNU system which Linux is a part of stands for "GNU's Not UNIX". They named GNU that to set it apart from the very expensive commercial UNIX distributions that were dominant at the time.

It's extremely similar. Folders and devices and networking works the same way. Not all the utilities are quite the same, configuration is different, and the kernel's features are still changing as its developers experiment.

On the other hand -- not even all UNIX is alike. It's really not that different.

What do you really need to know about Unix? I'd start with the Bourne shell and the concepts underlying it(directories, files, and so forth). That will be handy no matter where you go in UNIX and LINUX. You can boot an OS in virtualbox, install another hard drive and dual-boot, boot a Linux livecd for an environment that's hard to mess up -- it's a CD, you can't delete something by accident. Lots of ways.
 

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emacs(1)						      General Commands Manual							  emacs(1)

NAME
emacs, xemacs - emacs editor DESCRIPTION
The emacs software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. Compaq will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. Compaq will not fix problems that are integral to the software itself or that occur when the com- ponent is used on UNIX systems other than Tru64 UNIX. Compaq will not add functionality to this software. Except for this reference page, other reference pages that Tru64 UNIX supplies for emacs are passed through without changes. The reference pages distributed as part of this software are available in the directories /usr/share/doclib/annex/man/man[1-9]. You should use this directory stem in the man command or add it to the MANPATH environment variable to make these files available to the man command. Note Compaq is not responsible for the content or quality of reference pages and other documents installed under the /usr/share/doclib/annex directory and does not revise this material in response to customer problem reports. Reference pages installed under the /usr/share/doclib/annex/man directory are not available from Compaq in book form; for example, they are not included in the reference manu- als that you receive when you order the Tru64 UNIX documentation set as hard copy books. Problems related to the content or quality of any documentation installed in the /usr/share/doclib/annex directory tree should be sent to the developers of the documentation. The format for changing the search path with the man command is: man -P /usr/share/doclib/annex/man [section] title... If you are using the Bourne, Korn, or POSIX shells, use the following command sequence to modify your environment: MANPATH=$MAN- PATH:/usr/share/doclib/annex/man export MANPATH If you are using the C shell, enter the command: setenv MANPATH `echo $MANPATH`:/usr/share/doclib/annex/man See the reference pages for the man(1) command for additional information on the search path used to locate files. The reference pages associated with this product are not included in the whatis data base created by the catman command. Therefore, the man -k and apropos commands will not locate reference pages included with this product. SEE ALSO
Commands: apropos(1), catman(8), man(1) emacs(1)
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