[nycbug-talk] Advanced UNIX Basics Management

Okan Demirmen okan at demirmen.com
Mon Sep 28 16:32:20 EDT 2009


On Mon 2009.09.28 at 16:03 -0400, Isaac Levy wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Marc Spitzer wrote:
> 
> > Ike,
> >
> > I would also add the differences between standard tools, if you did
> > not plan on it already.
> > ps for example:
> > 1: on centos it is system 5/posix flags and output, ie ps -ef
> > 2: on the bsd's its well bsd output, ps wwauxx
> > Different calling conventions, output format and information available
> > but the same command
> 
> Yep- good point, I planned to cover the basic differences, (and  
> perhaps post some simple bash snippets so developers can use it in  
> their one-off scripts easier?  Not sure if that's too much of a  
> tangent for one talk).

please, and i think you'll agree, never use the word "bash" if you want
sane and portable scripts.



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