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I found Perl easy to work with. I've heard it referred to as being a reporting language and I find it great for generating reports. you can use Perl to create CGI scripts which means you could easily create a web interface for your program. Its also great for on the fly programming. It compiles on execution.

I have started to get into Java and found that its very close to C. Its object oriented programming so its more involved for someone not familiar with the idea of classes. I have started to get into the graphical end of it and you can really create some sharp looking programs to run in Xwindows.

Both of these should come easy to anyone who's programmed before and knows basic logic. I like the fact that they are both portable. I would give Perl the bid if you want something a little easier. Pick up a beginners program book for either one of these from a bookstore. Most include the compiler and sample code on a CD. Try both out and see what one fits your needs and style. In the end it usually comes down to personal preference.

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

grub

grub(5) 																   grub(5)

NAME

       grub - GRand Unified Bootloader software on Solaris

       The  current  release  of the Solaris operating system is shipped with the GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) software.  GRUB is developed and
       supported by the Free Software Foundation.

       The overview for the GRUB Manual, accessible at www.gnu.org, describes GRUB:

	      Briefly, a boot loader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading  and  transfer-
	      ring  control  to  an operating system kernel software (such as Linux or GNU Mach). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the
	      operating system (for example, a GNU [Ed. note: or Solaris] system).

	      GNU GRUB is a very powerful boot loader that can load a wide variety of free, as well as proprietary, operating systems, by means of
	      chain-loading.  GRUB  is	designed  to  address  the complexity of booting a personal computer; both the program and this manual are
	      tightly bound to that computer platform, although porting to other platforms may be addressed in the  future.  [Ed.  note:  Sun  has
	      ported GRUB to the Solaris operating system.]

	      One of the important features in GRUB is flexibility; GRUB understands filesystems and kernel executable formats, so you can load an
	      arbitrary operating system the way you like, without recording the physical position of your kernel on the disk. Thus you  can  load
	      the kernel just by specifying its file name and the drive and partition where the kernel resides.

       Among  Solaris  machines, GRUB is supported on  platforms. The GRUB software that is shipped with Solaris adds two utilities not present in
       the open-source distribution:

       bootadm(1M)

	   Enables you to manage the boot archive and make changes to the GRUB menu.

       installgrub(1M)

	   Loads the boot program from disk.

       Both of these utilities are described in Solaris man pages.

       Beyond these two Solaris-specific utilities, the GRUB software is described in the GRUB manual, a PDF version of which  is  available  from
       the Sun web site.  Available in the same location is the grub(8) open-source man page.  This man page describes the GRUB shell.

       boot(1M), bootadm(1M), installgrub(1M)

       http://www.gnu.org/software/grub

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