HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

Open system services user's guide

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Open System Services User's Guide
Contents
About This Document
- Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
- Intended Audience
- Unsupported Utilities
- Acknowledgment
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-005 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-004 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-003 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700–002 Edition
- Document Organization
- Notation Conventions
  - General Syntax Notation
  - Notation for Messages
- Related Information
- Publishing History
- HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction to Open System Services
- OSS Components
- OSS and UNIX
- OSS and the NonStop Operating System
- OSS Environment
- OSS Device Support
  - Printers
  - Tape Drives
- OSS Processes
- OSS and Open Computing Standards
2 The OSS File System
- OSS Files and Filenames
  - OSS Filename Length
  - OSS File Types
- OSS Directories and Subdirectories
- OSS Pathnames
- OSS Filesets
- Specifying Names With Pattern-Matching Characters
3 The OSS Shell
- OSS Shell Features
- Metacharacters
- Shell Built-In Commands
- Command-Entry Aids
- Filename Completion
- Aliases
- Command History
- Command-Line Editing
- The Shell Environment
- Environment Variables
- Example .profile File
- How the Shell Finds Commands
- Shell Procedures
  - Writing and Running Shell Procedures
4 OSS Commands and Utilities
- Command Usage
- Online Reference Pages
- Command Syntax
- OSS User Commands and Utilities
- Commands and Utilities by User Function
- Shell Built-In Commands
- File Formatting Commands
5 Interoperability Between OSS and Guardian Environments
- Two Different File Systems
  - The OSS File System
  - The Guardian File System
- Accessing Guardian Files From the OSS Environment
- OSS Pathname to Guardian Filename Translation
- Guardian Filename to OSS Pathname Translation
- Pathname Mapping
  - pname Command
  - gname Command
- Running Guardian Processes From the OSS Environment
- Running OSS Processes From the Guardian Environment
- Running OSS Processes With Guardian Attributes
- Editing Files
  - Using vi on Guardian Files
  - Using TEDIT on OSS Files
- OSS Commands That Interoperate With the Guardian Environment
- Guardian DEFINEs
- Guardian Commands and OSS Equivalents
- OSS Commands and Guardian Equivalents
6 Running the OSS Shell
- Emulation Software
- Logging On to TACL
- The osh Command
  - osh Flags
- Exiting OSS
- Specifying Terminal Characteristics With the stty Command
- Modifying Your Shell Environment
- Managing the OSS Environment
7 Creating Files
- Introduction to the Tutorials and Examples
  - Examples and Formats
  - The Shell Prompt
- Accessing Reference Pages
- Escaping Processes (Ctrl-c)
- Working With Files
  - Introduction to Text Editors
  - Creating Sample Files With the vi Editor
8 Managing Files
- Listing Files (ls)
- Displaying Files
  - Displaying Files Without Formatting (more and cat)
    - The more Command
    - The cat Command
  - Displaying Files With Formatting (pr)
- Printing Files
- Copying Files (cp)
- Renaming and Moving Files (mv)
  - Renaming Files
  - Moving Files Into Another Directory
- Comparing Files (diff)
- Sorting File Contents (sort)
- Removing Files (rm)
  - Removing a Single File
  - Removing Multiple Files
- Linking Files (ln)
- Determining File Type (file)
9 Managing Directories
- Creating a Directory (mkdir)
- Changing Directories (cd)
  - Changing Your Current Directory
  - Using Relative Pathname Notation
- Displaying Directories (ls -F)
- Copying Directories (cp)
- Renaming Directories (mv)
- Removing Directories (rmdir)
10 Managing Access to Files and Directories
- Protecting Files and Directories
- Understanding Permissions
  - Default Permissions
- Displaying File and Directory Permissions (ls)
- Setting File and Directory Permissions (chmod)
  - Specifying Permissions With Letters and Operation Symbols
  - Specifying Permissions With Octal Numbers
- Setting the User Mask
- Changing Owners and Groups
- Security Auditing of OSS Files
- Recursive Behavior and the /G and /E Directories
- Additional Security Considerations
11 Managing Processes
- Understanding Programs and Processes
- Understanding Standard Input, Output, and Error Messages
- Running Several Processes Simultaneously
  - Running Foreground Processes
  - Running Background Processes
- Monitoring and Canceling Processes
- Displaying Information About Users and Their Processes
- Scheduling Jobs
12 Productivity Tools: grep and find
- Searching Files for Text Patterns (grep)
- Finding Files (find)
13 Transferring and Archiving Files
- Filename and Directory Name Transformations
- The pax Utility
- The ftp Utility
A The vi Editor
- Getting Started
- Using Advanced Techniques
- Using the Underlying ex Commands
B The ed Editor
- Creating and Saving Text Files
- Loading Files Into the Edit Buffer
- Displaying and Changing the Current Line
  - Finding Your Position in the Buffer
  - Changing Your Position in the Buffer
- Finding Text
- Making Substitutions—The s (Substitute) Subcommand
- Deleting Lines—The d (Delete) Subcommand
- Moving Text—The m (Move) Subcommand
- Changing Lines of Text—The c (Change) Subcommand
  - Changing a Single Line
  - Changing Multiple Lines
- Inserting Text—The i (Insert) Subcommand
  - Using Line Numbers
  - Using a Context Search
- Copying Lines—The t (Transfer) Subcommand
- Using System Commands from ed
- Ending the ed Program
C Displaying Version Information With vproc
- Finding Product Files
- Running vproc
  - Running vproc as a Full Command
  - Running vproc Interactively
- Interpreting vproc Output
  - Successful Retrievals
  - Partial or Unsuccessful Retrievals
D OSS Core Utilities User Commands
- Usage and Migration Considerations
  - nroff Formatting Tool
- Using Commands That Share Identical Names
Glossary
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