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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Becoming a system administrator, need some advice. Post 302853423 by smoofy on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:16:57 AM
Old 09-14-2013
Depends on what your job is. I would put it this way. Unix-like systems are very alike and if you are an experienced linux administrator it would not be a big deal to learn AIX, Solaris etc. Most of the tools are very similar and OS (meant unix-like) specialities you can learn quickly especially when you work with experienced colleagues.
If you want to start your carier go with the distro you like most and learn it as good as possible. Once you learn the possibilities and basic features of one, it is only about looking forthe way how to do it on another system or whether it is even possible.
From my experience when I tried to learn Solaris, BSD's, linux, windows and basicaly I ended up with barely usable knowledge. Wide spread is a great thing as long as you can do at least one thing good enough to live from it. I only wish I realized this long time ago.
 

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IRRECORD(1)								FSF							       IRRECORD(1)

NAME
irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with LIRC SYNOPSIS
irrecord [options] file DESCRIPTION
This program will record the signals from your remote control and create a config file for lircd. A proper config file for lircd is maybe the most vital part of this package, so you should invest some time to create a working config file. Although I put a good deal of effort in this program it is often not possible to automatically recognize all features of a remote control. If the program fails to recognize the protocol of the remote control you should use the --force option to at least create a config file in raw mode. If file already exists and contains a valid config irrecord will use the protocol description found there and will only try to record the buttons. This is very useful if you want to learn a remote where config files of the same brand are already available. Of course this will only work if the remotes use the same protocol but it's worth a try. You will find template files for the most common protocols in the remotes/generic/ directory of this package. The name of the new file is created by appending .conf to the given filename in this case. -h --help display this message -v --version display version -a --analyse analyse raw_codes config files -f --force force raw mode -n --disable-namespace disables namespace checks -l --list-namespace list valid button names -H --driver=driver use given driver -d --device=device read from given device SEE ALSO
The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory. Further information on this topic is available in section "Adding new remote controls" in html/help.html irrecord $Revision: 5.100 $ May 2010 IRRECORD(1)
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