Basic Questions

[tony@aplawrence.com]

lallous <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote:

>Hello,

>I have a list of basic questions and I hope someone can help me out.

>1)Is there is a native simple hexviewer utility in SCO5 ?

od -cx and hd

>2)what is /dev/u

Possibly nothing at all, probably where /u or some other is mounted.
Type "mount" or "df -v" to see.

>and why when I run mountall does the /home gets inhabited

See /etc/defaults/filesys

>3)what is the "Shift-PageUp" / "Shit-PageDown" equivalent in SCO as in Linux
>to scroll up to previous pages of text in console ?

That's a function of the shell you are using, not Unix.

Though supposedly something in 5.0.7 is someday going to
do something like that, see the part of
[url]http://aplawrence.com/Reviews/osr507.html[/url] that talks about SCROLLSZ

>4)how can I abort a program? CTRL+C is not working ?

DELETE or change your interrupt. See the FAQ:
[url]http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html#delkey[/url]

>5)how can I suspend a program? ctrl+z works in RedHat and I then type "bg"
>to send to background

Again, a function of the shell, not Unix or Linux. Use bash or Ksh.
See [url]http://aplawrence.com/newtosco.html[/url] and go get bash from
Skunkware.

>6)How can I exit 'startx' ? I used to press ctrl+alt+backspace in RedHat

See [url]http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/gui.html[/url]

>7)how can I increase the delay in the "boot" prompt ? it is currently 1
>second.

Edit /etc/default/boot

See [url]http://aplawrence.com/Boot/[/url]

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[Bill Vermillion]

In article <bggqvp$7jf$2@pcls4.std.com>, <tony@aplawrence.com> wrote:

>lallous <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote:

>>Hello,

>

>>I have a list of basic questions and I hope someone can help me out.

>>3)what is the "Shift-PageUp" / "Shit-PageDown" equivalent in
>>SCO as in Linux to scroll up to previous pages of text in
>>console ?

>That's a function of the shell you are using, not Unix.

Just as a heads-up for those who use still other platforms -
in FBSD - there is functionality for this built into the kernel.
I set my SC_HISTORY_SIZE to 400. That permits me to scroll back
16 screens using 'scroll-lock' and then page-up/page-down.

Since it is at kernel level on the console screen you can scroll
through all messages after the BIOS messages - eg everything
generated from the point of 'boot:' through login.

>Though supposedly something in 5.0.7 is someday going to
>do something like that, see the part of
>[url]http://aplawrence.com/Reviews/osr507.html[/url] that talks about SCROLLSZ

Hm. I see your note on that and that you are going to 'throw a
brick at them' if one more Linux users tells you about
SHIFT-PAGEUP.

I will say tha having the Scroll-lock then page-up/down
functionality is wonderful. I don't have on 5.0.7 to try this on
so maybe scroll-lock might work.

Bill
--
Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

[lallous]

I was going to comment to Tony that the shift+pageup/down works way
before any shell, but Bill added.

I just tried the scrolllock+shift+pageup/down and it didn't work in
SCO5.

Thanks alot guys!

I have more questions:

1)I login in single user mode for maintenance...now as I log in, I can
press Alt+F1 to switch to console 1 (what is correct naming?), but
Alt+F2, alt+Fx are not avail...how can I run different consoles on
different screens so that Alt+Fx works?

2)In 'man x' when I reach the end how can I go to top again? w/o
having to quit and run 'man' again ?


Regards,
Elias

[Jean-Pierre Radley]

lallous typed (on Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 01:24:15PM -0700):
|
| I have more questions:

General advice: please post one problem at a time, not two or more quite
different things like termianl access and reading man pages. And then
also please pick a more meaningful Subject than "Basic questions". If
you don't do that, and compose a bouillabaisse message, the thread
becomes a mess, and some of your questions might never be answered.

| 1)I login in single user mode for maintenance...now as I log in, I can
| press Alt+F1 to switch to console 1 (what is correct naming?), but
| Alt+F2, alt+Fx are not avail...how can I run different consoles on
| different screens so that Alt+Fx works?

In single-user mode, no getty processes are running on the other 11
virtual terminals. Alt+F1 is actually doing nothing at all, any more
than Alt-F2. In maintenance (AKA single-user) mode, you get just one
screen.

| 2)In 'man x' when I reach the end how can I go to top again? w/o
| having to quit and run 'man' again ?

That depends on which version of the OS you're using. If it's rs506
+ rs506A or later, the pager is really 'less', so UpArrow and PgUp
work. If it's an earlier release, change from 'more' to 'pg' in
/etc/default/man, or install 'less' and switch /etc/default/man to use
that instead.

Or use Help under X-Window.

--
JP

[John DuBois]

In article <3bf2b2cf.0308041224.413db4c8@posting.google.com >,
lallous <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote:

>1)I login in single user mode for maintenance...now as I log in, I can
>press Alt+F1 to switch to console 1 (what is correct naming?)

tty01

> but Alt+F2, alt+Fx are not avail...how can I run different consoles on
>different screens so that Alt+Fx works?

You can go to init state 4 by doing "init 4". This leaves all of the console
ttys enabled for login, while not running the rc2 scripts that start up remote
services. Note that after the init state transition you won't be logged in
anywhere; you will need to log in on each screen that you want to use. Also,
if you have any serial/modem lines that are enabled for login, you should
remove the "4" from the 2nd field of their inittab lines in /etc/inittab and
the appropriate file under /etc/conf/init.d, so that noone will be able to log
in on those lines while you're in init state 4. When you want to go multiuser,
first go back to init state 1 (single-user mode) with "init 1"; then go
multiuser (state 2). If you try going straight from state 4 to state 2, some
rc scripts are liable to be confused.

John
--
John DuBois [email]spcecdt@armory.com[/email] KC6QKZ/AE [url]http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/[/url]

[Art S. Kagel]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:57:12 -0400, Jack A wrote:

DATABASE databasename; -- Semi-colon is end of statement.

or you can use the connect statement:

CONNECT TO 'databasename@servername';

Method 2:

select * from databasename:tablename;

Actually the full syntax is:

SELECT "owner".<table_or_alias>.<column>
FROM "owner".<database>@server:"owner".<table> ...;

Art S. Kagel

> How do i specify the database name in a sql script ? For example, are
> there equivalents of the following ...
>
> use databasename
> go ------- > Means end of batch select * from tablename go
>
>
> Method 2: Here I do not say which databse to use but put it in the Sql
> statement
>
> select * from databasename..tablename

[Jack A]

How do i specify the database name in a sql script ? For example, are
there equivalents of the following ...

use databasename
go ------- > Means end of batch
select * from tablename
go


Method 2: Here I do not say which databse to use but put it in the Sql
statement

select * from databasename..tablename

[Madison Pruet]

dbaccess <database> <script.sql>

or

-------------------
database XXXX;
select * from table;
-------------------

or

-------------------
select * from <database>@<server>.table
-------------------




"Jack A" <InformixMail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ce0e3c22.0308181257.3a4004db@posting.google.c om...

> How do i specify the database name in a sql script ? For example, are
> there equivalents of the following ...
>
> use databasename
> go ------- > Means end of batch
> select * from tablename
> go
>
>
> Method 2: Here I do not say which databse to use but put it in the Sql
> statement
>
> select * from databasename..tablename

[Vladislav Bukreyev]

Hi!

--
Regards,
Vladislav mailto:vbukreyev@pisem.net

JA> How do i specify the database name in a sql script ? For example, are
JA> there equivalents of the following ...

JA> use databasename
JA> go ------- > Means end of batch
JA> select * from tablename
JA> go
to connect to database use:

database <db_name>


JA> Method 2: Here I do not say which databse to use but put it in the Sql
JA> statement

JA> select * from databasename..tablename

select * from [servername@databasename:]tablename

sending to informix-list

[Vladislav Bukreyev]

Hi!

--
Regards,
Vladislav mailto:vbukreyev@pisem.net

JA> How do i specify the database name in a sql script ? For example, are
JA> there equivalents of the following ...

JA> use databasename
JA> go ------- > Means end of batch
JA> select * from tablename
JA> go
to connect to database use:

database <db_name>


JA> Method 2: Here I do not say which databse to use but put it in the Sql
JA> statement

JA> select * from databasename..tablename

select * from [servername@databasename:]tablename

sending to informix-list
sending to informix-list

[Rík_Nascimento@adobeforums.com]

Hi, i´m new using indesign and i have the CS 3.0 edit.

1st question- How can I apply the text frame to all pages? I want all pages with text frame according the master page. is it possible? if yes, how?

I´ll post more questions soon...

Ps: anyone know where i can find an good tutorial or a guide to download?
Thanks

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Why?

Do you want these frames to be threaded (i.e., all contain a single story)? Or are they independent frames each with its own story?

How are you populating them? By typing? By importing?

Dave

[Rík_Nascimento@adobeforums.com]

I´ll use to make an little newspaper. but i´d like it were like a single story. it´s not a "formal" newspaper, so, there´s no need to the news topic to be at the top of the pages.

Rík

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

You didn't answer the key question about how text is going to get into these frames. Are you importing or typing the text?

If you're importing it, you don't need to create frames in advance, just import the text and InDesign will create the frames for you if you choose the autoflow feature (by holding down the Shift key when you click the loaded trigger on the page).

Dave

[Rík_Nascimento@adobeforums.com]

sorry, i was a little bit in hurry, but now i´ll answer.
I´ll both importing and typing the text.
this autoflow only works if i´m typing?
so, it means that i don´t need to create a text frame in the master pages?

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Autoflow works for importing text. It is not necessary to have text frames on the master page for running text. Use it for things like running heads and page numbers.

Dave