Deploring *nix Philosophy ( Was Re : Splitting archives across floppies )
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Mon Jun 7 14:39:36 UTC 2004
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
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