Deploring *nix Philosophy ( Was Re : Splitting archives across floppies )

[Robin Laing]

Nathan Ollerenshaw wrote:
> Parameshwara Bhat writes:
> 

> I hate it when people do this, but sometimes its the best way. If you 
> want a *good* understanding of how Linux all fits together, and WHY 
> things like redirection are key to the way you work with the system, 
> read the "Introduction To Linux" by Machtelt Garrels.
> 
>  http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html
> 
> Chapters 3 through 5 are especially interesting to users come from 
> Windows, as it explains the whole Unix thing that "everything is a file" 
> and about redirection and the important role that standard input and 
> standard output has for programs, and what kinds of tricks you can 
> expect to do with the input and output of a unix tool.
> \n
> 

Thanks for the link.  It is something that I can forward to some new 
users that I know.

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Robin Laing