Definition A simple makefile consists of rules with the following shape target … : dependencies … command … … A target is the name of a file that is generated by a program; examples of targets are executable or object files. A target can also be the name of an action such as clean,...
DNS Quickie The nameserver is a program that matches an IP address say (192.168.0.244) to a hostname say (test.linuxnepal.com.np). It also provides for matching in the opposite direction as well, informing you that the machine that has the address 192.168.0.244 is called test.linuxnepal.com.np. To setup the Domain Name Server, following files and directories have...
File ownership is a prime component for Linux to provide a secure method to maintain files in a file system. Every file in Linux has the following attributes: * Owner permissions * Group permissions * Other (World) permissions The owner’s permission is granted to the current owner of a file or directory. The group’s...
Operating System: It is a software program designed to act as an interface between a user and the computer. It controls the hardware, manages the system resources and supervises interaction between the system and its users. Functions of Linux: i) Command Interpreter: The operating system interprets the command i.e. input instruction given by the...
Linux has grown its popularity so much in the recent years that, it has increased its worldwide users many fold and that number is growing each day. Still, the people (at least in Nepals context) are not able to understand the word free in the context of Linux. People are not able to appreciate...
What operating system do you use? I will not wait for an answer, it is almost sure to be win9x (win95 and win98 yes I know that win2k is also there but well it is not that popular in Nepal and thus is out of the equation). The popularity of windows accounts for the...
Running programs: Multitasking and Sessions To run a program, type its name as you would do under DOS. If the directory where the program is stored is included in the PATH the program will start. Exception: unlike DOS, under Linux a program located in the current directory won’t run unless the directory is...