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- From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
- Subject: Re: question on "&"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.122936.3374@alf.uib.no>
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <1992Jul28.073403.3530@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 12:29:36 GMT
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- Shu-Chen Eclipse writes:
- >I'm a crass beginnier in unix: I know "&" means something like start a
- >process running in the background, I guess, something like vms's "run/detached";while browsing through some scripts, I saw a line something like
- >(/../.../some file name &)&.
- >
- > what does the 2 "&" mean?
- >thanx in advance,
-
- Like some of us have already stated in a previous message from you,
- reading the excelent fine manual (RTEFM) for your shell will reveil
- it's secret in large.
-
- If you do not know what kind of shell you are using, try the following:
-
- finger sue
-
- wich gonna give you (aproximate):
-
- Login name: sue In real life: Shu-Chen Eclipse
- Directory: /u1162/sue Shell: /bin/csh
- Not logged in.
- No Plan.
-
- [A lot of 'sue' deleted]
-
- If you take a closer look at the entry witch say: Shell: /bin/csh
- you can read out that you are using a shell called 'csh' (C-shell).
- To know more about this shell, you must type
-
- man csh
-
- (Remeber to hit the Carriage Return, or ENTER-key).
-
- What YOU should to is the following (OR the 12 step program to
- learn some UNIX on your own :-)
-
- 1. Go out of the lab-building into the Big Blue Room.
- 2. Go to your univeristy's student help desk or find another student.
- 3. Get them to help you locate the CS-library (Computer Science).
- 4. Go out on a exciting expedition to the library mentioned, this CAN
- be exciting, just take a look at the birds in the sky, the green
- gras, the 1968 Pontiac sailing in front of you.
- 5. Go up to a desk named: "Help", "Enquiries", "Book loans", whatever.
- Or, find a librarian.
- 6. Ask _POLITELY_ if they can help you find a _BEGINER_ book on the
- UNIX Time Sharing System. (OR simply UNIX).
- 7. After a while they will hand you some (good) beginer books on UNIX.
- 8. Go home.
- 9. Make yourself a nice cup of tea.
- 10. Open one of the books. The smallest one is recomended.
- 11. READ.
- 12. Go To Sleep.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- \Ruben.
-
-
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