12-29-2008
In a nutshell:
- Open Source means that you can get the source and modify it if you wish. But to run it you have to compile those changes
- The Linux kernel always has to be compiled to run, since it's the operating system itself and thus can't be interpreted like a shell script.
- The Linux kernel is usually located in /boot/, look for a file called vmlinuz* or similar
- Other system files, like libraries and essential executables are located in /sbin, /bin, /lib and /usr/lib. This include the glibc and alike
- The Kernel source can be installed through your distributions source package, or you can download it from kernel.org
Again, if you want to start Kernel
hacking, start by installing a distribution, getting used to it, move on to the command line and it's tools, so that you get a feeling for what the kernel does and how changes could affect it's behavior.
If you want a fast dive straight into it, start with Gentoo or Slackware, and later use that to build a
LFS system.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
rscript
Rscript(1) FSF Rscript(1)
NAME
Rscript - front end for scripting with R
SYNOPSIS
Rscript [--options] [-e expr] file [args]
DESCRIPTION
A binary front-end to R, for use in scripting applications.
expr An optional expression to be evaluated, used in place of expr.
file Input file of R expressions
args Optional further arguments to be processed by commandArgs in the R interpreter.
OPTIONS
--options accepted are
--help Print usage and exit
--version
Print version and exit
--verbose
Print information on progress
--default-packages=list
Where 'list' is a comma-separated set of package names, or 'NULL'
and also options to R (in addition to --slave --no-restore), such as
--save Do save workspace at the end of the session
--no-environ
Don't read the site and user environment files
--no-site-file
Don't read the site-wide Rprofile
--no-init-file
Don't read the user R profile
--restore
Do restore previously saved objects at startup
--vanilla
Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file --no-init-file and --no-environ
SEE ALSO
R(1)
R scripting April 2007 Rscript(1)