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04-07-2009

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Originally Posted by zxmaus

Hi,

you're usually working in a team of system administrators, some of them might hopefully have much more experience than you do when you start in your job.
As reborg stated, if you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. Never change anything on a production system if you haven't tested it before on a non-production-one.
Don't be shy asking questions. And yes, google will be one of your best friends at work - there is no reason to reinvent the wheel - most problems you are facing in the beginning had been faced - and solved - by other people before Smilie

Regards
zxmaus

Thanks

I know I'd have to double check with other SA's when I actually start the job. What I'm trying to do now is start learning as much about Unix as I can and figuring things out. It's okay to work by "trial and error" with a home computer(while I'm learning), right? I definitely will use Google a lot while I'm learning. I was going to just try and learn as much as I can by, like other people said, starting with Linux fooling around and getting comfortable with the command lines. Then I'd learn how to build my own linux os(linux from scratch). Then I was going to move on to Solaris and learn what I can there too. and hopefully when I know enough to get started with server stuff I was thinking of buying or building a personal server myself and building the code for it. My parents have a business web site(nothing big...they're piano teachers so it's more of a small resource for information) and I manage that for them right now using Yahoo webhosting. So, after I have my own server built I was thinking of hosting their website myself. I thought maybe that would be a good start being it's nothing big and it would give me a little experience with managing a server. What do you guys think about this plan for starters?

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learn(1)						      General Commands Manual							  learn(1)

NAME

       learn - Provides computer-aided instruction for the C shell

SYNOPSIS

       learn [-directory] [subject] [lesson]

       The learn command provides computer-aided instruction courses and practice in the use of Tru64 UNIX.

OPTIONS

       Allows you to exercise a script in a nonstandard place.

DESCRIPTION

       To  get	started,  enter learn; if this is the first time that you are invoking the learn command, you are guided through a series of ques-
       tions to determine what type of instruction you want to receive.

       If you have used learn before and left your last session without completing a subject, the program uses information  in	$HOME/.learnrc	to
       start you up in the same place you left off.

       To  bypass questions, enter a subject or lesson.  In order to enter a lesson, you must know the lesson number that you received in a previ-
       ous learn command session. If you do not know the lesson number, enter the lesson number as a subject.  The learn command searches for  the
       first  lesson  containing  the subject you specified. If the lesson is a - (dash), learn prompts for each lesson; this is useful for debug-
       ging.

       You can specify the following subjects:

       files editor vi morefiles macros eqn C

SUBCOMMANDS

       There are a few special commands.  The bye command terminates a learn session, and the where command tells you of your  progress  (where  m
       tells  you more.)  The again command redisplays the text of the lesson and again lesson lets you review lesson. The hint command prints the
       last part of the lesson script used to evaluate a response, while hint m prints the entire lesson script.  This	is  useful  for  debugging
       lessons and might possibly give you an idea about what is expected.

EXAMPLES

       To take the online lesson about files, enter: learn files

       You are then prompted for further input.

FILES

       Playpen directories.  Start-up information.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  csh(1), ex(1)

																	  learn(1)