If you work with Unix files and folders a lot, you’ve probably already noticed that you can’t see many of them in the Finder—the /usr, /bin, and /etc folders, amongst many others, don’t show up in the ...

While the average Unix user is generally satisfied by the date/time stamps that he sees when using the ls -l command, it is sometimes useful to remember that there are actually several time stamps ...

カルデラ(株)は、『OPEN UNIX 8 Release 8.0J』(以下、OPEN UNIX 8)を発売した。 OPEN UNIX 8は、LKP(Linux Kernel Personality)テクノロジーを使用しており、Linuxのバイナリを直接OPEN UNIX 8上で実行することができる。LKPは、 Linux ABI(Aplication Binary Interface)をサポート ...

When transferring text files between Linux/Unix and Windows systems, you may encounter issues with line breaks and file formatting. This is because Windows uses both a line feed (LF) and a carriage ...

Have you ever entered “ls –l” into a UNIX command line and seen something like this? Do you wonder what the “drwxr–r– “ means or why you can’t edit, open, or even read some files or directories? Well, ...

Unix systems provide numerous ways to compare files. The most common way to verify that you have received or downloaded the proper file is to compute a checksum and compare it against one computed by ...

There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization. Each ...

You are not alone. In fact, I was pretty confused by file permissions for a long time, but it’s actually very simple! Here’s why you should care, and how to understand the permissions that keep your ...

When I send a text file via FTP from windows to unix, I am having conversion issues. <BR>1. If I send the file via ascii, all of the tabs in windows are converting to 8 spaces in unix.<BR>2. If I send ...

We have looked at the fuser command before to display information about what users or processes are keeping file systems busy. This command can save you a lot of time tracking when you need to quickly ...