The ufs file systems used by Solaris and nearly all BSD variants of Unix attempt to keep fragmentation to a minimum by writing related data blocks within the same cylinder group.

Do you wonder why you can't edit, execute, or even open some UNIX files and directories? It's all in the permissions. Find out how you read these permissions and make them work for you.

Many people who use PuTTY to make secure connections between Windows desktops and Unix servers are unaware that PuTTY also provides a tool for securely moving files between the two platforms. The ...

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To open a particular file in a directory for input or output, you must specify the file name in the SAS INFILE or FILE statement, as described in Accessing a Particular File in a UNIX System Services ...

How to View ZIP Files in Unix. The ZIP archive is recognized by most operating systems, thus making it useful for compressing and archiving files regardless of the OS that your employees or ...

Fink is one of several projects that brings easy management of open source Unix programs to OS X.

Samba, the classic Linux/Unix Windows-compatible file server, has been given a major update.

Thinkstock Samba Another option for moving files between Unix and Windows systems it to make a drive or folder available by “sharing” it. Both Unix and Windows have commands for this. To share ...