BMC Mainframe: z/OS UNIX System Services Part 1 - Concepts & Facilities

Where did UNIX come from?
Modern UNIX history
The UNIX 'culture'
Commercial UNIX systems
What is 'Open Systems'?
Some 'official' definitions
Open platforms
Portable Operating System Interface - POSIX
The POSIX standards
Open Group branding
What is DCE?

UNIX internals overview
The Kernel
System calls
Processes and programs
The shell
Tools
UNIX shells
The UNIX file system
The system files - /etc, /dev, /bin and others
UNIX security basics
UNIX User ids (uids)
User attributes

Access control in UNIX
File access control attributes
Meaning of permissions
Changing user and file attributes
Changing user information
Changing file information
File permission and user mask
Additional permission bits
User account information
User-determined information
The root username - the superuser

The Kernel
The Shell
Main shell functions
Basic command syntax
Input and Output redirection
Examples of redirecting Input and Output
Piping input between commands
Environment variables
Special shell variables
Shell variables
Local and environment variables
Special keyboard operations
Online help

UNIX multitasking
Placing a command in background
Monitoring background commands
Controlling background commands
Moving processes between foreground and background
File wild card searches
Shell programming
Shell programming commands and features
Passing arguments to shell programs
Shells and shell commands
Overview of commands
Command history

UNIX file types
Directory structure
Paths and file names
zFS and HFS
Recommended file structure
Lengths of path and file names
Specifying UNIX files in z/OS
Creating, listing and viewing files
Positioning current work directory
Path and file name lengths
Working with directories
File system protection
Assigning file attributes
Permission attributes (r, w, x)
Assigning permission attributes to a file
Setting file permissions - chmod
File attributes
Default file permissions - umask
Links - file name 'alias'; Hard links
Hard links and i-node numbers

Hard link - listing
Symbolic links
Additional list options
Listing files - pattern matching
Locating files - find
The find command
Additional search qualifiers
Copying files - cp
Moving and removing files
Controlling Input and Output
Passing files between programs - pipes
Regular expressions
Searching for strings in files - grep
grep - a science in its own right
grep and regular expressions
Sorting text files - sort
Formatting files with pr
Printing to hardcopy - lp
Example of files and directories

Invoking USS
Running USS interactively
Login to USS
TSO terminal support - Pseudo TTY
TSO or asynchronous, OCS or direct?
1003.1 Compliant communication functions
The shell
The OMVS command
Default PF keys in OMVS

OMVS subcommands
Shell commands
TSO/E commands and ISPF panels
ISPF panel for file management - ISHELL
Directory list
File - drop down menu
The ISPF edit panel
Directory - drop down menu
OEDIT and OBROWSE

Where did UNIX come from?
Modern UNIX history
The UNIX 'culture'
Commercial UNIX systems
What is 'Open Systems'?
Some 'official' definitions
Open platforms
Portable Operating System Interface - POSIX
The POSIX standards
Open Group branding
What is DCE?

UNIX internals overview
The Kernel
System calls
Processes and programs
The shell
Tools
UNIX shells
The UNIX file system
The system files - /etc, /dev, /bin and others
UNIX security basics
UNIX User ids (uids)
User attributes

Access control in UNIX
File access control attributes
Meaning of permissions
Changing user and file attributes
Changing user information
Changing file information
File permission and user mask
Additional permission bits
User account information
User-determined information
The root username - the superuser

The Kernel
The Shell
Main shell functions
Basic command syntax
Input and Output redirection
Examples of redirecting Input and Output
Piping input between commands
Environment variables
Special shell variables
Shell variables
Local and environment variables
Special keyboard operations
Online help

UNIX multitasking
Placing a command in background
Monitoring background commands
Controlling background commands
Moving processes between foreground and background
File wild card searches
Shell programming
Shell programming commands and features
Passing arguments to shell programs
Shells and shell commands
Overview of commands
Command history

UNIX file types
Directory structure
Paths and file names
zFS and HFS
Recommended file structure
Lengths of path and file names
Specifying UNIX files in z/OS
Creating, listing and viewing files
Positioning current work directory
Path and file name lengths
Working with directories
File system protection
Assigning file attributes
Permission attributes (r, w, x)
Assigning permission attributes to a file
Setting file permissions - chmod
File attributes
Default file permissions - umask
Links - file name 'alias'; Hard links
Hard links and i-node numbers

Hard link - listing
Symbolic links
Additional list options
Listing files - pattern matching
Locating files - find
The find command
Additional search qualifiers
Copying files - cp
Moving and removing files
Controlling Input and Output
Passing files between programs - pipes
Regular expressions
Searching for strings in files - grep
grep - a science in its own right
grep and regular expressions
Sorting text files - sort
Formatting files with pr
Printing to hardcopy - lp
Example of files and directories

Invoking USS
Running USS interactively
Login to USS
TSO terminal support - Pseudo TTY
TSO or asynchronous, OCS or direct?
1003.1 Compliant communication functions
The shell
The OMVS command
Default PF keys in OMVS

OMVS subcommands
Shell commands
TSO/E commands and ISPF panels
ISPF panel for file management - ISHELL
Directory list
File - drop down menu
The ISPF edit panel
Directory - drop down menu
OEDIT and OBROWSE

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The UNIX File System Concept

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Introduction to UNIX & Open Systems

UNIX System Overview

The Kernel & the Shell

The UNIX File System Concept

Interactive USS

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BMC Mainframe: z/OS UNIX System Services Part 1 - Concepts & Facilities

Major release:

Course Delivery:

Course Modules

Introduction to UNIX & Open Systems

UNIX System Overview

The Kernel & the Shell

The UNIX File System Concept

Interactive USS

Course Modules

Introduction to UNIX & Open Systems

UNIX System Overview

The Kernel & the Shell

The UNIX File System Concept

Interactive USS

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