UNIX For Dummies [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Index

M

Mac OS X (Apple), 42

magazines, 359

magic characters (C shell), 26

mail command, 244–245

Mail or

Maildir directory, 98

man command, 178, 351–354

Mandrake Linux distribution, 215

manual pages, 178, 351–354

margins for printing, 141

MD command (DOS), 92

messages. See error messages

mget command (FTP), 285–286

MH e-mail client, 260

Microsoft Corporation

FVWM95 mimicking of Windows 95, 40

Motif and Windows 95, 48

Outlook Express, 259

SCO as affiliate of, 21

UNIX versus Windows XP and 2000, 22

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) attachments, 248–249, 252

Minix (forerunner of Linux), 33

mirrored FTP sites, 291

missing files. See also backups

avoiding clobbering files, 321–322, 323

backups for defense, 82, 316–321

copying files for temporary backup, 316, 322–323

cp command and clobbered files, 313, 314

ln command and clobbered files, 313, 314

making files read-only for protection, 323

mv command and clobbered files, 313, 314

redirection and clobbered files, 313, 315

restoring from backups, 319–320

rm command and clobbered files, 311–312

soft links and clobbered files, 314

text editors and clobbered files, 315

mkdir command, 92, 97–98, 287

modems, 13, 14

more command, 80, 106, 114

Motif toolkit, 50

Motif Window Manager. See MWM

mounting remote directories, 239–240

mouse, 51–52, 53, 74–75, 306

moving objects

in CDE File Manager, 64

clobbering files by, 313, 314

files with

mv command, 99–100

text in

emacs text editor, 163

windows in Motif, 56

Mozilla e-mail program, 257–259

Mozilla Web browser. See also Web browsers

bookmarking pages, 274–275

changing home page, 275–276

displaying page in new window, 271

for FTP, 290

overview, 264–266

stopping pop-up windows, 278

tabs, 272

mput command (FTP), 286–287

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) attachments, 248–249, 252

multithreaded programs, 271

mutt mail program, 255

mv command

avoiding clobbering files, 83

clobbering files, 313, 314

moving files, 99–100

moving programs to

/bin directory, 186

renaming directories, 100–101

renaming files, 83

renaming links, 129

MWM (Motif Window Manager)

advantages, 47

click-to-type or explicit focus, 55–56

exiting Motif, 59

exiting programs, 57–58

iconifying and restoring windows, 56

“look” of, 46

making windows full-screen, 57

move-to-type or pointer focus, 55–56

moving windows, 56

resizing windows, 56–57

root menu, 59

starting, 50

stopping, 329–330

switching windows, 55–56

troubleshooting, 308

typical window, 54, 55

window operations menu, 57–58

Windows 95 and, 48