Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

ITworld.com – One of my newer users asked me just yesterday how he might record a login session in order to review the commands he entered and the output he generated at a later time. I pointed out ...

One of the commands that I miss most from Linux when working in Windows/DOS environments is the split command. This extremely handy command allows one to split a large file into multiple smaller files ...

Administering two platforms is tough. Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0 provides a practical set of tools for making sure Windows and Unix users get along—and that your job gets easier. The rapid growth ...