Commands and Processes

Abstract

This chapter is intended to introduce the reader to a wide variety of both shell and display manager commands. The reader is also shown how to access other workstations in the network, and thus gain access to objects (for example, data files and programs) stored anywhere in the network. Finally, details are given on the creation of ‘processes’ running with and without associated shell windows. Processes running without shell windows are called ‘background processes’, and are of particular importance since they control the behaviour of both workstation and network. This section also includes the use of ‘remote processes’ which, as the name implies, allow a user to gain access via a workstation to the facilities (for example, tape drives, peripherals, and even displays) available on other machines in the network.