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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Having difficulty with UNIX concept. Please help! Post 302102470 by jimmyc on Wednesday 10th of January 2007 04:39:25 PM

01-10-2007

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Wow... I'm not sure where to start here...
Yes unix is multi tasking. User's can log into one box and using a variety of tool/apps work or store their information on another box. The name on the box is most likely a �hostname�. So to move (not physically) to another box you could "telnet" to box 3 and use your login in there (assuming you have a login there) even though you're still at box 1. Maybe someone can suggest a beginning UNIX book or just do some google searches on client/server definitions and relationships.

For your second question, the admin there most likely has your login set up to point to a common storage space so any machine can access files. It makes it easier to manage and more efficient. If you think of one box as a single stand alone entity you're missing the whole networking picture.
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genrbox

GENBOX(1)						      General Commands Manual							 GENBOX(1)

NAME

       genrbox - generate a RADIANCE description of a box

SYNOPSIS

       genrbox mat name xsiz ysiz zsiz [ -i ][ -r rad | -b bev ]

DESCRIPTION

       Genbox  produces  a  RADIANCE  scene  description of a parallelepiped with one corner at the origin and the opposite corner at (xsiz, ysiz,
       zsiz).  The sides of the box will be parallel to the three coordinate planes.  The surfaces that make up the box will be  modified  by  mat
       and  their  identifiers	will  begin  with  name.  The -i option can be used to produce a box with inward directed surface normals.  The -r
       option can be used to specify the radius for rounded edges.  The -b option can be used to specify the indentation for beveled edges.

EXAMPLE

       To produce a rectangular box made of wood with beveled edges:

	 genrbox wood box1 5 8 3 -b .5 > box1

AUTHOR

       Greg Ward

BUGS

       Because spheres and cylinders are used to construct boxes with rounded edges, a transparent box of this type appears quite messy.

SEE ALSO

       genrev(1), gensurf(1), genworm(1), rpict(1), rvu(1), xform(1)

RADIANCE
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