Spring 2008 www.umsl.edu/~iclabs

Introduction• Why do we have

MAC OS, UNIX, WINDOWS ?• Which one is better?

Macintosh

UNIX

Macintosh is based on UNIX. An understanding of UNIX brings a better understanding of the Macintosh's.

This is the main way to access all UNIX servers at UMSL

Why teach Mac’s and Unix in the same course?

Macintosh(OS X 10.4.2)

A few facts about OS X.

• Based on a UNIX variant called Free BSD.

• Offers all the stability of UNIX with all the ease of an Apple.

Mounted Samba Account

Mounted USB Memory

Stick

MountedCD-ROM

MenubarVolume

DOCK

Dock

MS Word MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

Terminal

X11

SambaK Drive

Finder FirefoxBrowser Calculator

SafariBrowser

Toast DictionaryClipboard

LogoutDocument

Folder Trash

MyGateway

Segmented view of Dock

Some tips... Make sure you log out! This is to protect your files and to make sure you are protected from other peoples actions.

When you log out, all the local files on the computer are deleted. Save your work to a

transferable media, like SAMBA or a USB Memory Drive!

Samba is a great way to transfer, save, and store files.

Use the help menu!

UNIX

A Word of Warning

There are some very important distinctions to make when dealing with our UNIX servers and the Macs:

The Macs are not our UNIX servers!When you log into a UNIX server, your Admiral files are on a separate machine – not on the Mac. Local files are

on the Mac, not on the server.Printing files on the UNIX servers and printing them on

the Macs are done in different ways.

Getting to our UNIX servers Open a terminal

Type in ssh userName@admiral.umsl.edu

Enter your passwordOR

telnet admiral.umsl.eduEnter username & password

Enjoy!

The File Tree

(root) /

/home/jason

dir_d

dir_adir_b dir_c

ITS

dir_a dir_bdir_c

Note the capitals!

.. Moves “up” the file tree

. An alias for your current working directory (CWD)

Basic Commands_man- Displays help on different topicspwd- Displays where you are in the file treecd - Changes directoriesls - Displays the files in the current directorylpr - Prints out filesvi - A text editor (think of it like Notepad)mv - Moves or renames a file or directory rm - Removes a file/directoryexit - Logs you out

For a more complete list of commands, get a helpsheet from one of the labs!

vi Commands To add text - hit the esc key and the letter i

To delete text - hit the esc key and the letter x

To delete an entire line - hit the esc key and the letters dd

To save your file - hit the esc key and type :w and then hit return

To save and exit vi - hit the esc key and type :wq and hit return

For a help sheet, see one of our friendly consultants in any of the labs!

QUESTIONS?

Attention !!

• Duplex Printing is now available on our labs.

Additional Information

• www.micros.umsl.edu– The Microcomputer Program at the University of

Missouri-St. Louis offers day and evening computer courses as part of the Chancellor's Certificate series.

• http://mell.umsystem.edu– Microsoft E-Learning Library has tutorials on many

MS Office products available to all UMSL students and staff

• http://www.umsl.edu/stg– The Online Student Technology Guide has answers to

many computing questions.