This course is suitable for IT staff who need an appreciation of what UNIX is, enabling them to make sound decisions about possible implementation of a UNIX system.

• What UNIX is
• The History of UNIX from Version 7 and the Various Versions Available
• OSF/2 POSIX SVR4 Standards
• Features of the UNIX Operating System
• UNIX Networking Features
• What a Process is and how Processes are Controlled
• Standard Utilities Available with UNIX
• Applications Available
• The System Administrator

Session 1: WHAT IS UNIX?

• The UNIX Kernel
• What is the Shell?
• Different Shells Available

Session 2: History of UNIX

• Version 7 to SVR4 (System 5 Release 4)

Session 3: UNIX STANDARDS

• OSF/1 and OSF/2
• POSIX Standards
• SVR4 Standards

Session 4: FEATURES OF UNIX

• Built in Functions
• Applications for Users and Programmers

Session 5: UNIX NETWORKING

• UUCP
• TCP/IP
• NFS (Yellow Pages)
• NIS and NIS+

Session 6: PROCESSES AND BACKGROUND JOBS

• Controlling processes in UNIX
• Background Jobs
• CRON and AT

Session 7: UNIX APPLICATIONS

• Editors
• Programmers Tools
• System Start-up and Control

Session 8: UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

• The Function and Responsibilities of a System Administrator

• AB, AIX Basics
• HI, HP-UX Introduction
• LI, Linux Introduction
• SI, Solaris Introduction
• UI, UNIX Introduction
• ISQL, Introduction to SQL
• ORO, Oracle Overview Seminar