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~@~
to refer to home directory
*@*
-@- to begin command options
.bash_profile@.bash_profile
.bashrc@.bashrc
.profile@.profile
.tcshrc@.tcshrc
/@/
in pathnames
/@/
root directory name
/bin/bash@/bin/bash
/bin/csh@/bin/csh
/bin/sh@/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh@/bin/tcsh
/dev/console@/dev/console
/dev/cua@/dev/cua
/dev/hd@/dev/hd
/dev/lp@/dev/lp
/dev/null@/dev/null
/dev/pty@/dev/pty
/dev/tty@/dev/tty
/dev/ttyS@/dev/ttyS
/etc/csh.login@csh.login
/etc/fstab@/etc/fstab
/etc/getty@/etc/getty
/etc/group@/etc/group
format of
/etc/host.conf@/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts@/etc/hosts
/etc/Image@/etc/Image
/etc/init@/etc/init
/etc/inittab@/etc/inittab
/etc/networks@/etc/networks
/etc/passwd@/etc/passwd
/etc/profile@/etc/profile
/etc/rc.local@/etc/rc.local
/etc/rc@/etc/rc
/etc/resolve.conf@/etc/resolve.conf
/etc/zImage@/etc/zImage
/etc@/etc
/home@/home
/Image@/Image
/lib@/lib
/proc@/proc
/proc@/proc
mounting of
/sbin@/sbin
/tmp@/tmp
/usr/etc@/usr/etc
/usr/g++-include@/urs/g++-include
/usr/include@/usr/include
/usr/lib@/usr/lib
/usr/local@/usr/local
/usr/man@/usr/man
/usr/src@/usr/src
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config@/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
/usr/X386@/usr/X386
/usr@/usr
/var/adm@/var/adm
/var/spool@/var spool
/var@/var
/vmlinix@/vmlinux
/zImage@/zImage
386BSD
>@>
<@<
?@?
account
creating
addgroup@addgroup
adding users
adding users
with adduser@with adduser
with useradd@with useradd
adduser@adduser
afio@afio
alpha
archiving files|(
archiving files|)
argument
command
defined
backflops@backflops
backgrounding jobs
background process
backups
incremental
multi-volume
to floppy disk
backups|(
backups|)
bash@bash
BBS list|(
BBS list|)
BBS software
BBS software
FidoNet
beta
bg@bg
bin@/bin
books|(
books|)
boot floppy
boot floppy
creating
boot floppy|(
boot floppy|)
booting
booting
from maintenance floppy
problems , gif
problems|(
problems|)
with LILO|(
with LILO|)
booting Linux
with boot floppy
booting non-Linux systems
booting|(
booting|)
boot scripts
Bourne again shell
Bourne shell , gif
broadcast address
defined
bugs
cat@cat
to view file contents
cat@cat
cd@cd|(
cd@cd|)
cd@cd
chfn@chfn
chmod@chmod
chsh@chsh
client
news
defined
C News
Coherent
command
argument
defined
defined
command not found error message@command not found error message
commands
-@- to begin options
grouping with shell scripts
summary of basic|(
summary of basic|)
commercial support
compress@compress
compressing files|(
compressing files|)
configuration scripts
for TCP/IP
console
defined
device name for
virtual
copy files
copying Linux
copying Linux|( , gif
copying Linux|) , gif
copyright|( , gif
copyright|) , gif
core dumps
cp@cp
cp@cp
csh@csh
C Shell (csh)@C Shell (csh)
C Shell (csh)@C Shell (csh)
current working directory
defined
databases
debugging
core dumps
delete
directory
files
deleting users
deluser@deluser
dev/sd@/dev/sd
dev/sr@/dev/sr
dev/st@/dev/st
dev@/dev
development
alpha
beta
conventions
device driver
devices
/dev/console@/dev/console
/dev/cua@/dev/cua
/dev/hd@/dev/hd
/dev/lp@/dev/lp
/dev/null@/dev/null
/dev/pty@/dev/pty
/dev/sd@/dev/sd
/dev/sr@/dev/sr
/dev/st@/dev/st
/dev/tty@/dev/tty
/dev/ttyS@/dev/ttyS
accessing
console
fd@fd
floppy disk
hard drives
null
parallel ports
pseudo-terminals
SCSI
serial ports
virtual consoles
dip@dip
dip@dip
static IP address with
dip@dip
dynamic IP address with
dip@dip
connecting to SLIP server with|(
dip@dip
chat script for|(
dip@dip
chat script for|)
dip@dip
connecting to SLIP server with|)
directory
. to refer to@. to refer to
/etc@/etc
/home@/home
/lib@/lib
/proc@/proc
/sbin@/sbin
/tmp@/tmp
/usr/bin@/usr/bin
/usr/etc@/usr/etc
/usr/g++-include@/urs/g++-include
/usr/include@/usr/include
/usr/lib@/usr/lib
/usr/local@/usr/local
/usr/man@/usr/man
/usr/src@/usr/src
/usr/X386@/usr/X386
/usr@/usr
/var/adm@/var/adm
/var/spool@/var spool
/var@/var
bin@/bin
creating
current working
defined
defined
delete
dev@/dev
home
defined
to refer to@~ to refer to
listing contents of|(
listing contents of|)
nesting
parent
parent
.. to refer to@.. to refer to
permisions
execute
read
write
permissions
changing
dependencies of
root
defined
structure
structure
moving around in with cd@moving around in with cd
tree
working
defined
disabling users
disasters
recovery from
with maintenance floppy
recovery from|(
recovery from|)
distributions
distributions
Internet, getting from the
list|(
list|)
mail order
online sources
distributions|(
distributions|)
documentation
books
books|(
books|)
Frequently Asked Questions
HOWTO documents
info files
Linux Documentation Project
Linux Documentation Project|(
Linux Documentation Project|)
Linux Software Map
online
online
FAQ
HOWTO documents
online|(
online|)
texinfo@texinfo
documentation|(
documentation|)
Doom
e-mail
mailer
defined
transport
defined
e-mail|(
e-mail|)
e2fsck@e2fsck
e2fsck@e2fsck
echo@echo
editor
defined
editors
efsck@efsck
elm@elm
Emacs , gif
emergencies
recovery from
with maintenance floppy
recovery from|(
recovery from|)
end-of-text signal
environment
customizing|(
customizing|)
variables
PATH@PATH
EOT (end of text) signal
error messages
command not found@error messages
command not found
ethernet
ethernet
supported cards
executable
defined
executables
exit@exit
export@export
FAQ
fdisk@fdisk
fdisk@fdisk
under MS-DOS
fdisk@fdisk|(
fdisk@fdisk|)
features
kernel|(
kernel|)
system|(
system|)
fg@fg
FidoNet
file
copy
delete
executable
defined
move
filename
defined
filenames
wildcard characters in|(
wildcard characters in|)
files
appeding to
archiving|(
archiving|)
backing up|(
backing up|)
compressing|(
compressing|)
defined
device
hidden
not matched by wildcards
inode numbers of
links|(
links|)
listing permissions of with ls@listing permissions of with ls
listing|(
listing|)
MS-DOS
owership of by group
owership of by user
permisions
execute
read
write
permissions
changing
defined
dependencies of
group
interpreting
permissions of|(
permissions of|)
recovering
viewing contents of
filesystem
exploring|(
exploring|)
filesystems , gif , gif
filesystems
/etc/fstab@/etc/fstab
checking
creating|(
creating|)
fixing corrupted
mounting|(
mounting|)
on floppy disk
root
unmounting
unmounting
with shutdown or halt@unmounting with shutdown or halt
filesystems|(
filesystems|)
filter
defined
find@find
for incremental backups
FIPS@FIPS
floating-point math
floppy disk
boot/root
device names for
maintenance
unmounting
floppy disks
as backup medium
file systems on
forground process
free software
Free Software Foundation , gif
Frequently Asked Questions
fsck@fsck
fsck@fsck
FTP
anonymous
archive site list
using|(
using|)
ftpmail@ftpmail
fullname
setting with chfn@setting with chfn
functionality
games
games
Doom
gateway address
defined
gcc@gcc
upgrading
gdb@gdb
General Public License|( , gif
General Public License|) , gif
getting help
getty@getty
GNU
GNU
General Public License|( , gif
General Public License|) , gif
gprof@gprof
grep@grep
groff@groff
groupadd@groupadd
group ID
defined
groups , gif
groups
adding
deleting
groups@groups
gzip@gzip
hacker
halt@halt
hard drive
problems
hard drives
device names for
hardware
problems
conflicts|(
conflicts|)
hard drive|(
hard drive|)
SCSI|(
SCSI|)
problems|(
problems|)
hardware support
CD-ROM
controller
CPU
drive space
ethernet cards , gif
hard drive
memory
mice
modems
monitor
motherboard
printers
SCSI , gif
tape drives
video card , gif
hardware support|(
hardware support|)
help
getting|(
getting|)
online
home directory
defined , gif
to refer to@~ to refer to
hostname
hostname
defined
setting , gif
hostname@hostname
HOWTO documents , gif
HURD
ifconfig@ifconfig
inetd@inetd
Ingres
init@init
initialization files
for shells
initialization scripts
for shells
inittab@inittab
INN
inode number
defined
input
redirecting
installation
boot floppy|(
boot floppy|)
booting Linux
LILO|(
LILO|)
mke2fs@mke2fs|(
mke2fs@mke2fs|)
mkswap@mkswap|(
mkswap@mkswap|)
other procedures
overview|(
overview|)
preparation|(
preparation|)
problems
booting , gif
booting|(
booting|)
errors
file permissions
hardware|(
hardware|)
LILO
logging in
media errors
postinstallation|(
postinstallation|)
problems|(
problems|)
repartitioning
repartitioning|(
repartitioning|)
installation|(
installation|)
Internet , gif
Internet
mailing lists
IP address
defined
IRQ
job
background , gif , gif
background
kill
defined
forground
interupt
inturpting
kill
restarting
stopping
suspended
job control
job control|(
job control|)
jobs@jobs
kernel
compiling
compiling compressed image
features|(
features|)
sources for
upgrading
kernel image
compressed
file name of
kill@kill
LaTeX@
libraries
libraries
fixing corrupted
shared
upgrading
LILO
as boot loader
installing
problems booting
problems installing
selecting default operating system for
LILO|( , gif
LILO|) , gif
links
display number of
hard
symbolic
links|(
links|)
Linux
and cost
bugs
commercial support
copying
copyright|( , gif
copyright|) , gif
development
distributions
getting
history
installing|(
installing|)
philosophy|(
philosophy|)
pronunciation
sources of information
stability
system features|(
system features|)
Linux-Activists mailing list
Linux Documentation Project
Linux Documentation Project|(
Linux Documentation Project|)
Linux Journal
Linux Software Map , gif
Linux|(
Linux|)
listing directory contents|(
listing directory contents|)
logging in
logging in
problems
logging out
with exit command@with exit command
login
login name
defined
login shell
defined , gif
setting with chsh@setting with chsh
ls@ls|(
ls@ls|)
ls@ls
ls@ls
listing file permissions with
mailer
for e-mail
mailers
mailing lists
mailing lists
Linux-Activists
mail order
mailx@mailx
maintenance floppy
man@man
man@man
manual pages
master boot record
Mbase
METAFONT
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
emulator
Minix , gif
mkdir@mkdir
mkdir@mkdir
mke2fs@mke2fs|(
mke2fs@mke2fs|)
mke2fs@mke2fs
for floppy disk
mkswap@mkswap|(
mkswap@mkswap|)
mkswap@mkswap
money
more@more
more@more
Motif
mount@mount
mounting floppy disk with
mount@mount
mount@mount
to mount MS-DOS partition
mount point
defined
move files
MS-DOS
accessing files from , gif
emulator , gif
mounting partion under Linux
repartitioning
running programs from Linux
using Mtools to access files
MS-DOS|(
MS-DOS|)
multitasking
multitasking
defined
multiuser
defined
mv@mv
mv@mv
named@named
nameserver address
defined
NET-2
NET-2
support for serial line Internet protocol (SLIP)
NetBSD
netstat@netstat
network address
defined
networking
networking
and X Windows
ethernet cards, supported , gif
FTP
NET-2
news
news|(
news|)
NFS , gif
NNTP
PPP
SLIP , gif
TCP/IP|(
TCP/IP|)
UUCP
UUCP|(
UUCP|)
networking|(
networking|)
network mask
defined
news
client
defined
news readers
defined
rn@rn
tin@rn
server
C News
defined
INN
UUCP
news readers
news readers
defined
news|(
news|)
NFS
null file
operating sytems
booting non-Linux , gif
OS/2|(
OS/2|)
output
redirecting
parallel port
device name for
parent directory
parent directory
.. to refer to@.. to refer to
partitions , gif
partitions
fdisk@fdisk
fdisk@fdisk|(
fdisk@fdisk|)
Linux|(
Linux|)
size
partition table
passwd@passwd
passwd@passwd
password
changing with passwd@changing with passwd
defined
fixing root
password file
format of
pathname
absolute
defined
full
relative
permissions
changing
defined
dependencies of
execute
for shell scripts
group
interpreting
of files|(
of files|)
problems
read
write
pipelining
defined
pipes
creating
using|(
using|)
POSIX.1
Postgres
PPP , gif
process
background
background
kill
defined
forground
ID
defined
interupt
interupting
kill
ps to list@ps to list
programming
core dumps
languages
libraries
UNIX
utilities
programming|(
programming|)
protected mode
ps@ps
pseudo-terminals
RAWRITE.EXE@RAWRITE.EXE
rc.inet1@rc.inet1
rc.inet1@rc.inet1
sample
rc.inet2@rc.inet2
rc.inet2@rc.inet2
rc.inet2@rc.inet2
sample
rc.inet@rc.inet
rc.local@rc.local
rc.net@rc.net
rc@rc
rc@rc
files
defined
rc@rc
files
for TCP/IP
rdev@rdev
reading
suggested|(
suggested|)
redirection
non-destructive
standard input
standard output
repartitioning
concepts
fdisk@fdisk
fdisk@fdisk
under MS-DOS
FIPS@FIPS
repartitioning|(
repartitioning|)
rm@rm
rm@rm
rmdir@rmdir
rmdir@rmdir
rn@rn
root
fixing password for
root account
eithical issues
privleges of
using different prompt for
root account|(
root account|)
root device
setting name of with rdev@setting name of with rdev
root directory
defined
root filesystem
route@route
route@route
entry in /etc/networks required for@entry in /etc/networks required for
routed@routed
scientific software
SCSI
problems|(
problems|)
SCSI devices
names for
security
sendmail@sendmail
serial line Internet protocol
serial line Internet protocol|(
serial line Internet protocol|)
serial ports
device names for
setenv@setenv
Seyon
shareware
shells
shells
Bourne again shell
Bourne shell
C shell
defined
initializtion files
job control provided by
prompt
variables
defined
wildcard characters for|(
wildcard characters for|)
wildcard expansion
shell script
shell script
defined
shell scripts
comments in
defined
initializtion
permissions for
variables in
shells|(
shells|)
shell variables
exporting to environment
shutdown command@shutdown command
shutdown command@shutdown command
shutting down|(
shutting down|)
Slackware
getting|(
getting|)
installing|(
installing|)
slattach@slattach
SLIP , gif , gif
SLIP
connecting to server with dip@connecting to servier with dip
device names for
dynamic IP address with dip@dynamic IP address with dip
static IP address with dip@static IP address with dip
static IP address with slattach@static IP address with slattach
SLIP|(
SLIP|)
Smail@Smail
software
bash@bash
installing|(
installing|)
tcsh@tcsh
upgrading|(
upgrading|)
where to find releases
software|(
software|)
sound support
sources of information|(
sources of information|)
stability
standard input
redirecting
standard input|(
standard input|)
standard output
redirecting
standard output|(
standard output|)
standards
startup scripts
stattach@slattach
static IP addresses with
stdin
stdout
superblock
defined
fixing corrupted
swap file
swap file
deleting
swap file|(
swap file|)
swapoff@swapoff
swapon@swapon
swapon@swapon
swap partition
in /etc/fstab@in /etc/fstab
swap space , gif
swap space
creating temporary
creating|(
creating|)
syslogd@syslogd
system-defined accounts
root@root
system administration
adding users
booting Linux|(
booting Linux|)
duties
security issues
shutting down|(
shutting down|)
system security
Tanenbaum, Andy
tar@tar
TCP/IP
TCP/IP
/etc/host.conf@/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts@/etc/hosts
/etc/networks@/etc/networks
/etc/resolve.conf@/etc/resolve.conf
broadcast address
configuration scripts for
configuring , gif
debugging
displaying routing tables
gateway address
hardware requirements for
ifconfig@ifconfig
inetd@inetd
IP address
named@named
nameserver address
NET-2 implementation of
network address
network mask
over serial line|(
over serial line|)
point-to-point connection
PPP
rc.inet1@rc.inet1
rc.inet1@rc.inet1
sample
rc.inet2@rc.inet2
rc.inet2@rc.inet2
sample
rc.inet@rc.inet
rc.net@rc.net
route@route
routed@routed
SLIP
device names for
dynamic IP address with dip@dynamic IP address with dip
static IP address with dip@static IP address with dip
static IP address with slattach@static IP address with slattach
SLIP|(
SLIP|)
syslogd@syslogd
troubleshooting
TCP/IP|( , gif
TCP/IP|) , gif
Tcsh
tcsh@tcsh
telecommunications|(
telecommunications|)
term@term
TeX@
texinfo@texinfo
text editor
comparing
defined
text editors
text processing|(
text processing|)
tin@tin
Torvalds, Linus , gif
transport
for e-mail
trouble
running into|(
running into|)
UID
defined
umount@umount
unmounting floppy disks with
umount@umount
UNIX
basic concepts|(
basic concepts|)
commercial , gif
commercial|(
commercial|)
directory structure
for the PC
for the PC|(
for the PC|)
free implementations
manual pages for
multitasking
defined
popularity
wizards
unmounting filesystems , gif
upgrading
USENET
Linux-related newsgroups
posting tips
USENET|(
USENET|)
user account
creating
useradd@useradd
userdel@userdel
user ID
defined
username
defined
users
adding
adding
with adduser@adding with adduser
with useradd@adding with useradd
changing fullname for
changing login shell for
deleting
disabling
full name of
group ID of
home directory of
in groups
list groups for
login shell of
password of
setting attributes for
setting guidelines for
setting password for
system security and
user ID of
username of
UUCP
UUCP|(
UUCP|)
variables
environment
in shell scripts
shell
vendor
list|(
list|)
vi@vi
vi@vi|(
vi@vi
command mode
vi@vi
edit mode
vi@vi
last line mode
vi@vi
starting
vi@vi
inserting text|(
vi@vi
inserting text|)
vi@vi
deleting text|(
vi@vi
deleting text|)
vi@vi
changing text|(
vi@vi
changing text|)
vi@vi
moving cursor
vi@vi
saving changes
vi@vi
writing changes
vi@vi
quitting
vi@vi
switching files
vi@vi
including files
vi@vi
shell commands from
vi@vi|)
virtual consoles , gif
Volkerding, Patrick
wildcard characters
*@*
?@?
defined
in filnames|(
in filnames|)
wildcard expansion
defined
Windows NT|(
Windows NT|)
WINE
word processing
working directory
defined
X11R6
XF86Config@XF86Config
XFree86 , gif
XFree86
configuration file for
configuring
hardware requirements for
installing
RAM requirements for
video chipsets supported by
xfsck@xfsck
X Window System
defined
X Window System|( , gif
X Window System|) , gif


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