Using Unix in the CAMLAB

Survival Guide


This document explains how several important tasks can be accomplished on a Unix system, and tells you about the specifics of the configuration of the machines in the Math Department's CAMLAB.

Note: This document is still under construction. Many of the links below do not yet exist, but will be added shortly.

When you log in for the first time
Change Password, E-mail forwarding, set up Netscape Mail.
Using E-mail
mail, Netscape Mail, pine, Emacs Mail, mh.
Browsing the Web: Netscape
Helper Applications, Netscape Mail.
Using a Text Editor: Emacs
Help, File Operations, using the Mouse, Command Reference, External Links.
The Unix Filesystem
cd, pwd, ls, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, tar, gzip, man, pipes.
Using Mathematica
Autosave data, Text-based Interface, ODEs, links.
Typesetting Documents: LaTeX
Running LaTeX, Documentation, Printing.
Printing
lpr, lpq, lprm, Stopping Run-away Jobs.
Remote Sessions
slogin, scp, ssh, Display Issues, Logging in from Home.
External Unix Recources
Unix at Home: Linux, Introductions at other Sites, Software.



Last modified: 1998/08/20
Marcel Oliver (oliver@math.uci.edu)