[ale] Unix Automation?

Paul Cartwright ale at pcartwright.com
Mon Apr 18 09:02:49 EDT 2011


On 4/18/2011 8:51 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> As I said before.  When I got into Linux vi was our config tool and we
> learned more about UNIX then than a noob will learn today in the same
> amount of time.  If you had to download a base X config and then
> configure it for your desktop using vi then raise your hand....
> Everyone else get off my lawn!
 

Before I learned Linux I did UNIX admin. When I started UNIX admin, I
did it all using:
vi & config files
UNIX shell scripts & command-line tools

I configured LP, UUCP, DNS, users, shared folders, backups, and more.
There was no X, there were no menus.


-- 
Paul Cartwright



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