LINUX Companion: The Essential Guide for Users and System Administrators
Mark F. Komarinski · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2008
Introduction. 1. What is Linux? Linux History. Why Use Linux? Where to Get Linux. Linux Concepts versus DOS Concepts. 2. DOS vs. Linux. Processes. STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR. Pipes and Redirection. Dynamically Linked Executables. Drive Structure. Directory Structure. Special Files. Compatibility with DOS, Windows, and OS/2. X-Windowing System. Networking. 3. Using the System. Logging In. Virtual Consoles. Creating Users. How to Get Help. How to Get Out. Using the System. 4. The Linux Environment. Redirects. Pipes. STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR, and Redirection. Job Control. Background Jobs and STDIN. 5. The Multi-User System. Kill and Signals. Finding Other Users on the System. Communicating with Other Users. 6. User Programs. Editing Files (vi, joe, emacs). How to Use vi Command. File Management (File Manager and DOS Commands). Format and MKFS. Man/Whatis and Help. Whatis Database. BC. File. 7. Extra Programs. GREP-General Regular Expression Parser. Find. PWD. Kill. Cron. Joe. Diff. 8. What Happens When Linux Boots? INIT. The Entries in INITTAB. RC Files. Getty. 9. Fun with Shells. Environment Variables. Using the Shell. Shell Functions. 10. Handling Devices. Hard Drives. MKFS. FSCK-File System Check. Mount. The Linux Loader (LILO). 11. Development Tools. C Compiler-gcc and g++. PERL-Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. TCL/TK. 12. System Administrator. Security. File Ownership. Syslog. Netiquette. Recompiling a Kernel. 13. Handling Users. Configuring Logins. Deleting Accounts. 14. Printer and Other Device Support. Serial Printers. Modifying Parallel Printer Support. Modems and Multiport Cards. External Terminal. Sound Cards. 15. Networking. IFCONFIG. ROUTE. DIALUP. PPP/SLIP Setups. 16. The X-Window System. Window Manager. User Programs. X Resources. X Applications. Compiling X Applications. Appendix A. Additional Linux Resources. Appendix B. Commercial Linux Packages. Index.