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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Information about Unix System Administration Post 302304457 by c_d on Monday 6th of April 2009 01:23:13 PM

04-06-2009

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i have a question, which probably no one can accurately answer. but still i'd love to hear your expectations.

i only took up UNIX only this semester.So, its hardly 4months since I first saw the $prompt at the terminal... and this is by far the only only subject that has truly got me interested...UNIX is really fascinating in a way that words cannot describe...Dennis Richie had the right words - "Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity."
add that to Thomas Edisons' - "genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" -and you get people like me...inspired to learn UNIX, ready to work for it...learn enough to make a career out of it, like many of you have and are happy and satisfied with your jobs. but here is the catch...

keeping in mind the current and near future economic conditions...with the recession and all...interest and willing to work hard or not...will it be as fruitful an endeavour as it was in until recent past..when you got your jobs?...i mean, are the opportunities reducing or will UNIX admins demand be evergreen?

so realistically speaking...UNIX admins...what would the job opportunities be like in the near future say 2years from now,for a Uni under-grad fresh out of college,no experience real-time whatsoever except maybe an internship ...if you think 2years is to long a period to make any kind of projection, consider only 1year...

also, give your projection keeping an average joe in mind...not a UNIX-wiz-genius, because there is always a job market for the cream. I 'd like to see the worst-case scenario.

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Net::Server::Proto::UNIX(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       Net::Server::Proto::UNIX(3)

NAME

       Net::Server::Proto::UNIX - Net::Server UNIX protocol.

SYNOPSIS

       See Net::Server::Proto.

DESCRIPTION

       Protocol module for Net::Server.  This module implements the UNIX SOCK_STREAM socket type.  See Net::Server::Proto.

       Any sockets created during startup will be chown'ed to the user and group specified in the starup arguments.

PARAMETERS

       The following paramaters may be specified in addition to normal command line parameters for a Net::Server.  See Net::Server for more
       information on reading arguments.

       unix_type
	   Can be either SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM (default is SOCK_STREAM).  This can also be passed on the port line (see Net::Server::Proto).

	   However, this method is deprecated.	If you want SOCK_STREAM - just use proto UNIX without any other arguments.  If you'd like
	   SOCK_DGRAM, use the new proto UNIXDGRAM.

METHODS

       NS_unix_path/NS_unix_type
	   In addition to the standard NS_ methods of Net::Server::Proto classes, the UNIX types also have legacy calls to NS_unix_path and
	   NS_unix_type.

	   Since version 2.000, NS_unix_path is simply an alias to NS_port.  NS_unix_type is now redundant with NS_proto.

	   These methods were missing between version 2.000 and 2.003 but have been returned as legacy bridges.

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	 Key		   Value		    Default

	 # deprecated UNIX socket parameters
	 unix_type	   (SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_DGRAM) SOCK_STREAM
	 port		   "filename"		    undef

	 # more recent usage
	 port		   "filename / UNIX"
	 port		   "filename / UNIXDGRAM"

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