HP NonStop G-Series User Manual
Open system services user's guide
Open System Services User's Guide
Abstract
This guide describes the HP NonStop operating system Open System Services (OSS) user environment. The HP NonStop
operating system Open System Services (OSS) environment enables users on HP NonStop servers to integrate an operating
system similar to the UNIX operating system into their work environment. Topics include the OSS environment's: file system,
shell, commands and utilities, interoperability with the Guardian environment, and fundamental user tasks. This guide supports
J06.03 and all subsequent J-series RVUs, H06.03 and all subsequent H-series RVUs, and G06.15 and all subsequent G-series
RVUs until otherwise indicated in a replacement publication.
HP Part Number: 522700-005
Published: February 2014
Edition: J06.03 and subsequent J-series RVUs, H06.03 and subsequent H-series RVUs, and G06.15 and subsequent G-series RVUs
Document Outline
- Open System Services User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Document
- Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
- Intended Audience
- Unsupported Utilities
- Acknowledgment
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-005 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-004 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700-003 Edition
- New and Changed Information in the 522700–002 Edition
- Document Organization
- Notation Conventions
- Related Information
- Publishing History
- HP Encourages Your Comments
- 1 Introduction to Open System Services
- 2 The OSS File System
- 3 The OSS Shell
- OSS Shell Features
- Metacharacters
- Shell Built-In Commands
- Command-Entry Aids
- Filename Completion
- Aliases
- Command History
- Command-Line Editing
- The Shell Environment
- Environment Variables
- Example .profile File
- How the Shell Finds Commands
- Shell Procedures
- 4 OSS Commands and Utilities
- Command Usage
- Online Reference Pages
- Command Syntax
- OSS User Commands and Utilities
- Commands and Utilities by User Function
- Application Development
- Archiving
- Displaying Files
- Files and Directories
- Commands Providing Interoperability
- Printing and Formatting
- Process Management
- Remote Access
- Search, Sort, Compare, and List
- Security and Permissions
- System Management and Configuration Information
- Text Editors
- User Information
- Shell Built-In Commands
- File Formatting Commands
- 5 Interoperability Between OSS and Guardian Environments
- Two Different File Systems
- Accessing Guardian Files From the OSS Environment
- OSS Pathname to Guardian Filename Translation
- Guardian Filename to OSS Pathname Translation
- Pathname Mapping
- Running Guardian Processes From the OSS Environment
- Running OSS Processes From the Guardian Environment
- Running OSS Processes With Guardian Attributes
- Editing Files
- OSS Commands That Interoperate With the Guardian Environment
- Guardian DEFINEs
- Guardian Commands and OSS Equivalents
- OSS Commands and Guardian Equivalents
- 6 Running the OSS Shell
- 7 Creating Files
- 8 Managing Files
- 9 Managing Directories
- 10 Managing Access to Files and Directories
- Protecting Files and Directories
- Understanding Permissions
- Displaying File and Directory Permissions (ls)
- Setting File and Directory Permissions (chmod)
- Setting the User Mask
- Changing Owners and Groups
- Security Auditing of OSS Files
- Recursive Behavior and the /G and /E Directories
- Additional Security Considerations
- 11 Managing Processes
- 12 Productivity Tools: grep and find
- 13 Transferring and Archiving Files
- A The vi Editor
- B The ed Editor
- Creating and Saving Text Files
- Loading Files Into the Edit Buffer
- Displaying and Changing the Current Line
- Finding Text
- Making Substitutions—The s (Substitute) Subcommand
- Deleting Lines—The d (Delete) Subcommand
- Moving Text—The m (Move) Subcommand
- Changing Lines of Text—The c (Change) Subcommand
- Inserting Text—The i (Insert) Subcommand
- Copying Lines—The t (Transfer) Subcommand
- Using System Commands from ed
- Ending the ed Program
- C Displaying Version Information With vproc
- D OSS Core Utilities User Commands
- Glossary
- Index