Hi I have just a few questions about the Unix aka NIX operating system.
1. Is it a free Operating System and if so where can I obtain it.
2. Where can I start out for a newbies guide to the OS.
Thanks (1 Reply)
1. Someone pings a server from another location and gets a different result than if you ping the same server onsite. What is going on?
2. You know the reason the server won't boot is because of ODS, but the root partition isn't on ODS. How do you go about fixing it?
3. How would you truncate... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Im trying to send a .ZIP file in an email message using mail or mailx. What is the easiest way to do this?
Thanks!
UPDATE: I used the following command which didnt work
mailx -s {my subject} {xxxxx@ssss.com} < /var/tmp/file.zip (3 Replies)
1) Can a script be made to ignore all signals.
2) Does the parent process always picks up the exit status of its children.
3) Can one program give rise to multiple processes.
4) Is a file is synonymous with a process.
5) Is the kill command only used to kill a running process. (1 Reply)
Hello all.
Im a young lad with very limited experience with computers, even though I have been playing with them the past 5 years. I have the experience of the random World of Warcraft player that plays games all day.
I have a huge interest in learning everything about computers and I was... (5 Replies)
Dear friends
I'm really new comer to this place and to this subject
you will make me so happy if you help me about these questions:
1- I must install UNIX 5.0.6 because one of my work software will works ONLY on this version , so , I want to know WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD A COMPELETE PACKAGE OF... (2 Replies)
Hi
I got asked over the phone for interview
can anyone answer the following
#1 What is the command to copy files from 1 Unix machine to another Unix machine, providing that the 2 machines are in the same network.
I think its cp, what is the one machine to another machine thing
#2... (4 Replies)
Hello,
Hello,
Can any one tell me the answer of these questions attached in the document.
The competition was over and I wanted to know correct answers. (6 Replies)
I need help for the following questions:
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using ACLs versus ordinary Unix file permissions?
2. Describe three methods for automating system administration tasks. Discuss the time taken to do things manually versus creating automatic systems.... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
backup
BACKUP(8) System Manager's Manual BACKUP(8)NAME
backup - backup files
SYNOPSIS
backup [-djmnorstvz] dir1 dir2
OPTIONS -d At top level, only directories are backed up
-j Do not copy junk: *.Z, *.bak, a.out, core, etc
-m If device full, prompt for new diskette
-n Do not backup top-level directories
-o Do not copy *.o files
-r Restore files
-s Do not copy *.s files
-t Preserve creation times
-v Verbose; list files being backed up
-z Compress the files on the backup medium
EXAMPLES
backup -mz . /f0 # Backup current directory compressed
backup /bin /usr/bin
# Backup bin from RAM disk to hard disk
DESCRIPTION
Backup (recursively) backs up the contents of a given directory and its subdirectories to another part of the file system. It has two typ-
ical uses. First, some portion of the file system can be backed up onto 1 or more diskettes. When a diskette fills up, the user is
prompted for a new one. The backups are in the form of mountable file systems. Second, a directory on RAM disk can be backed up onto hard
disk. If the target directory is empty, the entire source directory is copied there, optionally compressed to save space. If the target
directory is an old backup, only those files in the target directory that are older than similar names in the source directory are
replaced. Backup uses times for this purpose, like make. Calling Backup as Restore is equivalent to using the -r option; this replaces
newer files in the target directory with older files from the source directory, uncompressing them if necessary. The target directory con-
tents are thus returned to some previous state.
SEE ALSO tar(1).
BACKUP(8)