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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page xxvii
Why This Book Is for You
Page 1
1. An Overview of SCO UNIX
Page 3
The Development of SCO UNIX
Page 4
Early UNIX
Page 4
Versions of UNIX
Page 5
Enter SCO UNIX
Page 6
Which SCO System Is Best?
Page 9
SCO UNIX Features and Benefits
Page 10
Inexpensive and Diverse Hardware
Page 10
Multiuser and Multitasking
Page 11
Hierarchical File Structure
Page 11
Utilities
Page 12
I/O Redirection and Pipes
Page 12
Shells
Page 13
Text Processing
Page 13
Mail
Page 15
The Development System
Page 15
Linking to Other Systems
Page 16
The Structure of UNIX
Page 17
A Typical Hardware System
Page 17
Software Components
Page 19
SCO Business Applications
Page 21
The SCO Office Portfolio
Page 22
Other Licensed Products
Page 23
Third-Party Products
Page 24
The XENIX and UNIX System Documentation
Page 25
Other Standard Operating Systems
Page 26
Who Buys SCO UNIX Systems?
Page 28
The Future of the SCO UNIX System
Page 28
Open Desktop
Page 29
2. Installing the System
Page 33
Hardware Checklist
Page 34
Memory
Page 34
Hard Disk
Page 35
Hard Disk Controller
Page 36
Serial Cards
Page 36
Multiport Boards
Page 37
Terminals
Page 37
Computer
Page 38
Floppy Disk Drive
Page 38
Tape Drive
Page 38
A Typical SCO UNIX System Setup
Page 39
Software Considerations
Page 40
Separate UNIX and DOS Partitions on the Same Hard Disk
Page 40
The Operating System and Other Software
Page 41
Swap Space
Page 41
Filesystems
Page 42
The /tmp Directory
Page 44
Free Space
Page 44
Installation Procedure
Page 45
Automatic Installation
Page 47
Primary Formatting of the Hard Disk
Page 47
Installing the Distribution Floppy Disks
Page 48
Installing Device Drivers
Page 50
Installing Additional Software
Page 51
Setting Up Data Directories
Page 51
Adding User Accounts
Page 52
Creating an Account
Page 53
Setting Up an Account
Page 53
Home Directories
Page 55
Login Shells
Page 56
Groups
Page 57
3. Using Your Account
Page 59
Logging In
Page 60
The Login Prompt
Page 60
The Password Prompt
Page 61
System Messages
Page 62
Setting Your Terminal Type
Page 62
Communicating with the Computer
Page 63
Using SCO UNIX Commands
Page 64
Correcting Mistakes
Page 64
System Information
Page 65
Displaying the Date and Time - date
Page 66
Displaying a Calendar - cal
Page 66
Displaying Your User Name and Number-id
Page 67
Listing Other Users on the System - who
Page 67
Displaying Information About a User - finger
Page 68
Reading System News Items - news
Page 69
Displaying Your Terminal Line - tty
Page 70
Viewing the On-Line Manual Pages - man
Page 71
Modifying Your Environment
Page 71
Clearing the Terminal Screen - clear
Page 72
Locking Your Terminal - lock
Page 72
Keeping Your Account Secure - passwd
Page 73
Displaying and Setting Terminal Parameters - stty
Page 75
Communicating with Other Users
Page 76
Writing to Another User's Terminal - write and hello
Page 77
Making a Terminal Writable - mesg
Page 78
Sending and Reading Electronic Mail - mail
Page 79
Logging Out
Page 80
4. Files and Directories
Page 83
Getting Acquainted with Files and Directories
Page 85
What Is a File?
Page 85
What Is a Directory?
Page 85
File and Directory Access Permissions
Page 86
Pathnames
Page 86
Wildcard Characters
Page 89
Working with Files
Page 93
Creating and Viewing Files
Page 93
Removing Files
Page 95
Copying Files
Page 96
Moving and Renaming Files
Page 98
Determining File Types
Page 99
Changing Access Permissions of a File or Directory
Page 102
Working with Directories
Page 108
Your Home Directory
Page 109
The Current Directory
Page 110
Listing the Contents of a Directory
Page 110
Creating Directories
Page 115
Removing Directories
Page 116
Moving to a Different Directory
Page 118
Renaming Directories
Page 118
Locating a File or Directory
Page 119
5. Command Line Fundamentals
Page 125
Executing Commands Consecutively
Page 126
Executing Commands Conditionally
Page 127
Input and Output
Page 128
Standard Input
Page 129
Standard Output
Page 129
Standard Error
Page 130
Redirection Symbols
Page 130
Redirecting Standard Input
Page 131
Redirecting Standard Output
Page 132
Redirecting Standard Error
Page 134
Pipes
Page 135
The tee Command
Page 138
The Backquote
Page 138
Executing Commands in the Background
Page 139
Interrupting Command Execution
Page 141
Quoting Special Characters
Page 142
6. Filters
Page 145
Viewing and Formatting Input
Page 146
Sending Standard Input to Standard Output - cat
Page 146
Displaying Input by Screenfuls - more and pg
Page 148
Paginating Input - pr
Page 152
Regular Expressions
Page 152
Selecting Part of the Input
Page 156
Displaying the Beginning or End of the Input - head and tail
Page 156
Searching for a Pattern - grep
Page 158
Finding Duplicate Input Lines - uniq
Page 160
Splitting Input into Output Files of Equal Length - split
Page 163
Editing or Altering Input
Page 165
Editing the Input - sed
Page 165
Translating Input Characters - tr
Page 174
The Wonder Utility - awk
Page 177
7. Editing and Text Processing
Page 187
The Three Modes of vi
Page 188
Getting In and Out of vi
Page 189
Starting vi
Page 189
Getting into Insert Mode - Typing Ordinary Text
Page 191
Getting out of Insert Mode - Executing Commands
Page 192
Saving Your File and Exiting from vi
Page 193
Moving Around in a File
Page 194
Moving to a Particular Character
Page 195
Moving One Word at a Time
Page 196
Moving a Sentence at a Time
Page 196
Moving to a Different Line
Page 196
Making Changes to a File
Page 197
Marking Text
Page 198
Deleting Text
Page 199
Copying Text
Page 201
Moving Text
Page 202
Changing Text
Page 203
Retrieving Text
Page 204
Repeating Commands
Page 205
Undoing Changes
Page 206
Searching
Page 206
Searching Forward
Page 207
Searching Backward
Page 207
Repeating a Search
Page 207
Substitution
Page 208
Writing Files and Partial Files to the Disk
Page 209
Reading in Other Files
Page 211
Modifying Your Environment
Page 211
Environment Options
Page 212
Abbreviations
Page 214
Mapping
Page 215
The .exrc File
Page 217
Executing Shell Commands from Within vi
Page 217
Shell Escapes
Page 218
Placing the Results of a Shell Command in the File
Page 219
Filtering All or Part of a File
Page 219
Command Line Options
Page 220
A Quick Reference to vi Commands
Page 221
Text Formatting with the nroff Formatter
Page 228
Macros
Page 229
Fill and Justification
Page 230
Paragraphs
Page 232
Section Headings
Page 233
Lists
Page 235
Displays
Page 240
Headers and Footers
Page 241
Page Formatting
Page 243
Line Breaks
Page 243
Spacing
Page 244
Centering
Page 244
Temporary Indent
Page 244
Fonts
Page 245
Running nroff
Page 246
Printing Your Formatted File
Page 247
8. Printing
Page 249
The Printer Spooling System
Page 249
Print Requests
Page 250
Printer Destination
Page 250
Printer Classes
Page 251
Printer Forms
Page 251
Print Wheels
Page 252
Sending a Print Request - lp
Page 253
The Request ID
Page 253
Print Options
Page 254
Canceling a Print Request - cancel
Page 259
Reporting the Status of a Printer - lpstat
Page 259
Status Options
Page 260
Printing at Your Terminal - lprint
Page 263
Printing with the pr Filter
Page 264
Printing with nroff
Page 266
9. Sending and Receiving Mail
Page 269
Variations on a Theme
Page 270
Modes and Commands of mail
Page 270
Sending Mail
Page 271
Sending a Letter to One Person or Many People
Page 272
Killing a Letter
Page 274
Reviewing Your Letter
Page 275
Enclosing a File in Your Letter
Page 276
Sending a File with mail
Page 277
Writing a Letter Using an Editor
Page 278
Sending Mail to Other Computers
Page 279
Getting Help While Sending Mail
Page 284
Receiving Mail
Page 286
Reading Your Messages
Page 287
The mail Message
Page 288
Exiting mail
Page 290
Listing Your Messages
Page 291
Message Lists
Page 292
Replying to Messages
Page 293
Originating Mail from Within mail
Page 294
Deleting Messages
Page 295
Holding Messages
Page 296
Saving Messages
Page 296
Getting Help While Reading Mail
Page 297
Modifying Your Environment
Page 298
Modifying Your .mailrc File
Page 299
Aliases
Page 300
Environment Variables
Page 301
10. The Bourne Shell
Page 303
Shells, Commands, and Scripts
Page 304
Shell Variables
Page 305
User Variables
Page 306
Environment Variables
Page 308
Positional Parameters
Page 311
Special Variables
Page 313
Shell Programming
Page 314
Shell Scripts
Page 314
Comments and Programming Style
Page 316
Supporting Commands
Page 317
Conditional Evaluation: test
Page 317
Control Commands
Page 320
Conditional Commands: if
Page 320
The Multiple Choice Command: case
Page 322
Looping Commands: for
Page 324
Conditional Looping: while and until
Page 325
Controlling Loops: break and continue
Page 327
Getting Out: exit
Page 327
The Here Document
Page 328
Modifying Your Environment
Page 329
Modifying Your .profile
Page 329
Environment Variables in Your .profile
Page 330
Setting Terminal Options
Page 331
11. The C Shell
Page 333
Shells, Commands, and Scripts
Page 334
The History List
Page 335
Recalling a Previous Command
Page 336
Recalling Parts of a Previous Command
Page 339
Modifying a Previous Command
Page 340
Aliases
Page 342
Creating an Alias
Page 342
Displaying Aliases
Page 344
Argument Substitution Within an Alias
Page 345
Shell Variables
Page 346
User Variables
Page 347
Environment Variables
Page 353
Positional Parameters
Page 360
Special Variables
Page 360
Shell Programming
Page 361
Shell Scripts
Page 362
Comments and Programming Style
Page 364
Supporting Commands
Page 365
Expressions
Page 365
Repeating Commands: repeat
Page 367
Control Commands
Page 368
Conditional Commands: if
Page 368
Multiple Choice Commands: switch
Page 370
Looping Commands: foreach
Page 371
Conditional Looping: while
Page 372
Controlling Loops: break and continue
Page 373
Unconditional Jump: goto
Page 373
Getting Out: exit
Page 374
The Here Document
Page 375
Modifying Your Environment
Page 375
Modifying Your .cshrc
Page 376
Modifying Your .login
Page 377
Setting Terminal Options
Page 377
12. System Administration
Page 381
Who Is the System Administrator?
Page 382
A Few Words of Caution
Page 382
The System Administration Shell - sysadmsh
Page 383
Installing the System Software
Page 386
Starting and Stopping the System
Page 386
Starting Up the System
Page 387
Shutting Down the System
Page 388
Backing Up the System
Page 392
Frequency of Backups
Page 392
Creating a Backup Schedule
Page 393
Tapes Versus Floppy Disks
Page 395
Performing a Backup
Page 395
Restoring Backups
Page 396
Alternative Backup Methods
Page 397
Creating a Schedule of Jobs
Page 400
Using Printers
Page 402
Installing Printers
Page 402
Configuring Printers
Page 403
Establishing Printer Classes
Page 404
Starting and Stopping the Print Service
Page 405
Administering User Accounts
Page 406
Changing Systemwide Defaults
Page 406
Changing the Defaults for an Account
Page 408
Setting Up the /u Filesystem or Directory
Page 410
Adding Hardware and Device Drivers
Page 410
Installing a Dial-Out Only Modem
Page 411
Installing a Dial-In Modem
Page 412
Configuring a Modem for Both Dial-In and Dial-Out
Page 414
Multiport Boards
Page 415
Terminals
Page 416
Fixing System Problems
Page 418
Listing System Problems with fixperm
Page 419
A Printer That Won't Print
Page 420
Lost or Corrupted Files
Page 420
Restoring Lost or Dead User Passwords
Page 422
Restoring a Lost root Password
Page 424
13. Communicating Using the UUCP System
Page 425
Basic File Transfer Using UUCP
Page 426
More Advanced UUCP Operation
Page 429
Forcing a UUCP Connection
Page 430
Listing Other Sites
Page 431
Correcting Problems
Page 431
Executing Commands on Remote Systems
Page 432
UUCP and Electronic Mail
Page 435
File Transfer Using Mail
Page 437
Checking the Status of UUCP Requests
Page 438
Checking the Status of UUCP Connections
Page 440
Canceling a UUCP Request
Page 442
Keeping a UUCP Request from Expiring
Page 442
Interactive Communications
Page 443
Calling Another Computer
Page 443
Tilde Commands
Page 445
File Transfer Using cu
Page 446
Session Recording
Page 448
Error Messages
Page 448
Receiving Calls from Remote Systems
Page 449
UUCP System Administration
Page 451
Setting Up UUCP Devices
Page 451
Defining Remote Computers
Page 452
Giving Access Permissions to Remote Systems
Page 453
Cleaning Up Outdated Files
Page 453
Displaying Recorded UUCP Activity
Page 455
14. Using MS-DOS Under UNIX
Page 459
Utilities for Accessing MS-DOS Files
Page 460
UNIX Device Files for MS-DOS Access
Page 460
Listing Files on MS-DOS Disks
Page 461
Transferring MS-DOS Files
Page 461
Transferring Multiple Files
Page 462
Other MS-DOS Operations
Page 462
Using VP/ix to Run MS-DOS Programs Under UNIX
Page 463
VP/ix System Requirements
Page 463
Accessing IBM PC Hardware
Page 464
Adding Nonstandard Hardware
Page 465
Starting VP/ix
Page 466
The VP/ix Operating Environment
Page 466
Pseudo Disk Drives
Page 469
UNIX File Name Conversion Under VP/ix
Page 470
Executing UNIX Commands from VP/ix
Page 472
Executing MS-DOS Programs from the UNIX Shell Prompt
Page 472
Exchanging Data Between UNIX and MS-DOS Commands
Page 473
MS-DOS and UNIX Special Command Line Characters
Page 473
Translating MS-DOS and UNIX Text Files
Page 474
Redirected MS-DOS Disk Drives
Page 475
VP/ix and UNIX File Permissions
Page 476
Quick-Starting VP/ix
Page 477
Running MS-DOS Programs as Background Tasks
Page 478
Running VP/ix on Serial Terminals
Page 479
Solving Common VP/ix Problems
Page 480
VP/ix Configuration
Page 481
Setting Up Your VP/ix Configuration File
Page 484
15. An Overview of SCO Business Software
Page 487
The SCO Office Portfolio Suite
Page 489
SCO Manager
Page 489
Running Applications
Page 491
Managing Files
Page 495
Printing
Page 496
Running Utilities
Page 497
Configuring the Manager Desktop
Page 498
Mail
Page 500
Calendar
Page 501
Intercom
Page 502
User Directory
Page 504
SCO Professional
Page 504
The Professional Worksheet
Page 506
Formulas
Page 507
Commands
Page 507
Macros
Page 514
@Functions
Page 515
Using Multiple Worksheets
Page 515
SQL Queries
Page 516
Compatibility with 1-2-3
Page 516
SCO Lyrix
Page 516
The Lyrix Manager Menu
Page 517
The Lyrix Editor
Page 518
The Lyrix Mail Merge Feature
Page 522
SCO Integra
Page 523
What Is an Integra Database?
Page 523
Relating Database Tables
Page 525
How Does Integra Work?
Page 526
The Integra Menu System
Page 530
Using SQL
Page 538
Customizing Integra with ACCELL
Page 540
SCO Statistician
Page 540
SCO Masterplan
Page 541
SCO ImageBuilder
Page 542
ImageBuilder's Main Menu
Page 543
The Draw Module
Page 544
The Chart Module
Page 546
Microsoft Word
Page 548
The Word Menu
Page 549
The Word Feature Set
Page 552
SCO FoxBASE+
Page 559
Creating a FoxBASE+ Database
Page 560
The FoxBASE Dot Prompt
Page 561
Creating a Command File Program
Page 564
Using Multiple Databases
Page 569
Indexes
Page 569
Format Files
Page 570
Labels
Page 570
Reports
Page 571
Compiling FoxBASE+ Programs
Page 571
Installing the SCO Business Series Software
Page 572
A. Command Reference
Page 577
Communication
Page 578
Text Processing
Page 578
File and Directory Management
Page 579
System Information
Page 580
Data Manipulation
Page 580
Process Control
Page 581
Terminal Control
Page 581
Printing
Page 582
Shell Management
Page 582
B. Software Reference
Page 585
XENIX and UNIX Operating Systems
Page 586
Business Applications
Page 587
Software Development
Page 589
Communications
Page 590
Text Processing
Page 591
Index
Page 593

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"Covers XENIX"--Cover.
Includes index.

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Library of Congress
QA76.76.O63 U73 1990

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