Last updated: 23-Apr-92
PD6:<UNIX-C.INFO>
Miscellaneous text files that provide information about all sorts of
things.
ACRONYMS.TXT
A list of acronyms and their meanings. Several hundred acronyms
from all walks of life are indicated here.
Contributor: Scott Barthelmy <
[email protected]>
ATT-TOOLCHEST.TXT
The announcement of the AT&T Toolchest, how to access it, how to
purchase things from it, etc.
Contributor: C. A. Brooks <
[email protected]>
AWK-SUPPLEMENT.TXT
"A Supplemental Document for AWK -or- Things Al, Pete, and Brian
Didn't Mention Much". Lots of neat undocumented features of awk,
some ways around some bugs, and other stuff.
Contributor: John W. Pierce <jwp%
[email protected]>
COMP-SOURCES-INTRO.TXT, COMP-SOURCES-LIST.TXT
An introduction to the comp.sources.unix newsgroup, a description
of where the archives are and how to access them, etc. The second
file contains a list of the current contents of the archives.
Some of the material in UNIX-SW is obtained from comp.sources.unix,
but much of it is not duplicated here.
Contributor: Rich Salz <
[email protected]>
GNU-PUBLIC-LICENSE.TXT
Version 1 of the "subroutinized" GNU General Public License.
Contributor: Free Software Foundation
INTERPRESS.TXT
An announcement of the availability of the Interpress Toolkit from
Xerox, and how to obtain it.
Contributor: D. Murray <
[email protected]>
NETLIB.TXT
A description of how to access the NETLIB server at Argonne National
Laboratory. Many math packages such as EISPACK and LINPACK are
available through this service.
Contributor: Gene Rackow <
[email protected]>
RN-QREFCARD.TXT
A quick reference card for the "rn" news reading program.
Contributor: Laura Lemay <
[email protected]>
SECURITY-DOC.TAR-Z
The SRI International white paper, "Improving the Security of Your
UNIX System", from April 1990.
Contributor: Dave Curry <
[email protected]>
TERMCAP.TXT
The 4.3BSD distributed version of the termcap database.
Contributor: Berkeley
TN3270-NOTICE.TXT
A notice about how to obtain the TN3270 distribution from Berkeley.
TN3270 is an IBM 3278 emulator for connecting ASCII terminals to
VM/CMS systems through TCP/IP. A copy of the current version can
be found in PD6:<UNIX-C.NETWORKS>TN3270.TAR-Z.
Contributor: Campus Software Office <
[email protected]>
UNIX-TRICKS.TXT
A collection of handy aliases, shell scripts, etc. for getting things
done on UNIX. Collected from many different people.
Contributor: Nancy Blachman <
[email protected]>
VI-QREF.TAR-Z
A "vi" quick reference card.
Contributor: <
[email protected]>
VI-REF.TXT
A quick reference of commands for the "vi" editor.
Contributor: unknown