04-05-2006
Multi User Multi Task
Dear Experts
Why we always hear that unix operating system is Multi User and Multi task. What does these two means. I have looked at some books and documents but couldn't find aclear explenation. Can we say Windows operating system is also multi user and multi task??
Thanks for your help in advances.
Cheers
Reza
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DJVM(1) DjVuLibre-3.5 DJVM(1)
NAME
djvm - Manipulate bundled multi-page DjVu documents.
SYNOPSIS
Creating a bundled document:
djvm -c[reate] doc.djvu page1.djvu ... pageN.djvu
Inserting:
djvm -i[nsert] doc.djvu page.djvu [pagenum]
Removing:
djvm -d[elete] doc.djvu pagenum
Listing:
djvm -l[ist] doc.djvu
DESCRIPTION
This program creates or modifies a bundled multi-page DjVu document. Multi-page bundled documents can be used directly or converted to
indirect document using command djvmcvt.
OPTIONS
-c[reate]
Create a bundled DjVu document named doc.djvu by collecting files page1.djvu to pageN.djvu.
-i[nsert]
Modify the bundled DjVu document named doc.djvu by inserting file page.djvu as page pagenum. Omitting argument pagenum means that
the page should be appended at the end of the document. File page.djvu also can be a multi-page DjVu document. All pages will be
inserted at the specified location.
-d[elete]
Remove page pagenum from the bundled multi-page DjVu document doc.djvu.
-l[ist]
List all component files in the multi-page DjVu document doc.djvu.
CREDITS
This program was initially written by Andrei Erofeev <andrew_erofeev@yahoo.com> and was improved by Bill Riemers <docbill@sourceforge.net>
and many others.
SEE ALSO
djvu(1), djvmcvt(1)
DjVuLibre-3.5 10/11/2001 DJVM(1)