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Essentials of HP-UX

Audience

UNIX end-users, system administrators, and managers

Prerequisites

The course UNIX: Overview; some experience in using or managing a computer system running under any variant of UNIX would be useful

Course Aim

To provide the student with a basic knowledge of HP-UX

Learning Objectives

Discuss the design principles of UNIX with particular reference to UNIX files. Conduct a HP-UX login session and then log out. Use the graphical and command-line interfaces. Describe the functions and use the shell programs supplied with HP-UX. Describe the structure and organization of the HP-UX filesystem. Use HP-UX commands to manipulate files.

Topics Covered

Structure of UNIX - A layered structure - The UNIX kernel - File structure Introducing the filesystem - Filesystem structure - Directories and files - Pathnames Introducing the shell - The user interface - Invisible execution - The three shells - The user environment A first UNIX session - Logging in and logging out - Simplest commands - Commands with arguments - Command options Special features of HP-UX - The HP-UX package - The HP VUE interface - An HP VUE session