Introduction to IRIX (T4-CHOICE)
This course helps novice users become self-sufficient
with the Silicon Graphics Operating System (IRIX). SGI's
IRIX operating system is based on the UNIX operating system
and includes merged features from both Berkeley and AT&T
System V Release 4. Students will learn how to use essential
operating system tools, commands, and utilities. The course
focus is learning IRIX commands and using these commands entered
from a shell window.
Topics
- IRIX Operating System Overview
- Using Documentation
- Getting Started
- Introduction to Utilities
- Creating Files
- Customizing you Desktop
- The File System
- Access Permissions
- User Communications
- Regular Expressions
- The sed Utility
- The awk Programming Language
- The C Shell
- The Bourne Shell
- The Korn Shell
- Administering Your System
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to ...
- Use IRIX commands to move through the file and directory structures
- Use commands to change permissions on files and directories
- Use the ed and vi editors
- Use and customize the C, Bourne, and Korn Shells
- Customize and personalize the desktop on an IRIX workstation
- Use the System Manager tool as well to perform basic system administration tasks
- Perform basic communications between networked systems
- Use the sed and awk utilities to enhance script writing skills
Prerequisites
This course is intended for...
- Programmers, maintenance personnel, and novice system administrators who have previous experience with computers, but not necessarily with IRIX or UNIX.
- Novice UNIX users who wish to become more self-sufficient using IRIX commands to perform tasks on their IRIX workstations.
Note: The student is over-qualified if he or she has had daily
experience using UNIX commands for the past year.
Course Details
Duration: 4.5 days
Format: Instructor-Led (Lecture/Lab)
Platforms Covered: All Silicon Graphics Workstations; course is based on 5.x release. Some material will be applicable only to this release; however, overall command line concepts are release-independent.
Tuition :
Contact the Silicon Graphics Sales Office nearest you.
