A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X, *nix or *NIX) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily...
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Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ , YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
network are examples of network services. In a strictly technical sense, a Unix-like system process is a daemon when its parent process terminates and the...
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List of operating systems (section Unix or Unix-like)
below) that almost all Unix-based and Unix-like operating systems descend.) Unix System III Unix System IV Unix System V Unix System V Releases 2.0, 3...
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When a text file with a shebang is used as if it were an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...
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PATH (variable) (section Unix and Unix-like)
PATH is an environment variable on Unix-like operating systems, DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, specifying a set of directories where executable programs...
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Superuser (redirect from Root (Unix))
cases, the actual name of the account is not the determining factor; on Unix-like systems, for example, the user with a user identifier (UID) of zero is...
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among different vendors of Unix systems. In 1999, it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and Unix-like systems on x86 processors by...
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Root directory (redirect from Super root (Unix))
In a computer file system, and primarily used in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy...
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Glob (programming) (redirect from Glob (Unix))
standardized by the POSIX.2 specification and are integral part of every Unix-like libc ecosystem and shell, including AT&T Bourne shell-compatible Korn...
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1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating...
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Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)
like 4NT—article is at cmd.exe), and mainframe operating systems are associated with a number of terms. Shells commonly present in Unix and Unix-like...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
1-2024, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are commonly implemented in Unix and Unix-like shells and many are available in...
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traditional Unix shells with their proprietary object-oriented .NET Framework. MinGW and Cygwin are open-source packages for Windows that offer a Unix-like CLI...
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Shared library (section Unix-like systems)
OS/2; shareable image under OpenVMS; dynamic shared object, or DSO, under Unix-like systems) is a library intended for dynamic linking. Only a minimal amount...
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Configuration file (section Unix and Unix-like)
which they are commonly used. Many different file formats are used on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Even so, there is a strong tradition of using human-editable...
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based on Research Unix, with versions starting with 4.4 BSD and Net/2 instead becoming Unix-like. Furthermore, 8th Edition Research Unix and on-wards had...
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functional equivalent in the Macintosh operating system is called an alias. Unix-like systems have symbolic links which point to a target file, and often support...
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List of command-line interpreters (section Unix-like)
Prompt Recovery Console PowerShell, successor of Command Prompt; more like Unix-based shells; based on .NET Hamilton C shell, a clone of the C shell Take...
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use of capabilities of a remote display device. Under Linux and other Unix-like systems, a program easily accommodates to any of the three cases because...
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Terminal emulator (section Unix-like systems)
one via telnet, ssh, dial-up, or over a direct serial connection. On Unix-like operating systems, it is common to have one or more terminal windows connected...
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DLL injection (section Approaches on Unix-like systems)
to the entry point of the DLL which then loads itself from memory. On Unix-like operating systems with the dynamic linker based on ld.so (on BSD) and...
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extension ICL, and font files, having the extensions FON and FOT. In most Unix-like systems, most of the machine code that makes up the dynamic linker is...
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Process identifier (section Unix-like)
such as adjusting the process's priority or killing it altogether. In Unix-like operating systems, new processes are created by the fork() system call...
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library or libraries to provide. Not all systems support dynamic loading. Unix-like operating systems such as macOS, Linux, and Solaris provide dynamic loading...
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executing in the same Unix or Unix-like operating system. The name, Unix domain socket, refers to the domain argument value AF_UNIX that is passed to the...
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Message delivery agent (section Unix-like)
for site customization of the specifics of mail delivery to a user. On Unix-like systems, procmail and maildrop are the most popular MDAs. The Local Mail...
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Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
(short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs, system libraries...
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KDE Plasma (category Unix windowing system-related software)
KDE Plasma is a set of graphical shells developed by KDE for Unix-like operating systems. With the KDE brand repositioning in 2009, Plasma 4.4 succeeded...
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