Chet Ramey Issue #3, June-July 1994 While originally written by Brian Fox of the Free Software Foundation, bash is now maintained by Chet Ramey. In this article, Chet explains the nhistory of shells and then goes on to explore features specific to bash. Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. The ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #3, June-July 1994 This article will explain how to program the VT interface to do things which can’t easily be done with “escape sequences” on a Linux console, giving a reference for the ioctl()’s needed to do this. Much of this column is derived from a document written by Orest, as he is interested in disseminating ...

Ian Murdock Issue #3, June-July 1994 The Debian project has always been open to anyone wanting to participate in discussion of its development, but it was only recently that the actual task of package maintenance was allocated to members of the project. This was an extremely important step in the development of Debian, and in this month’s column I will ...

Frank Brokken K. Kubat Issue #3, June-July 1994 Part 2 covered some of the grammar of icmake source files. This part completes the task. The final part of this article will appear next month and will show examples of the use of icmake. 4.4.4.2. Special operators In addition to the operators of the C programming language, icmake recognizes some `special’ ...

Phil Hughes Issue #3, June-July 1994 The week of March 21-25 I attended the UniForum show in San Francisco. At that show I played the multiple roles of press person, Linux Journal booth staffer, Linux evangelist and general-purpose nerd. It was an exciting show for me and for Linux. For those unfamiliar with UniForum, it is an annual Unix extravaganza ...

Matt Welsh Issue #2, April-May 1994 Despite all evidence to the contrary, people just happen to love rules. They love being told what to do—“leadership” is seen as a virtue. Whatever happened to personal liberty? How can we reconcile freedom with control? All right, maybe this isn’t the best way to expound my crackpot political views, but this ethical question ...

Frank B. Brokken K. Kubat Issue #2, April-May 1994 In part 1, Brokken and Kubat explained where the ideas for icmake came from, the basics of the program and where you can get a copy. In Part 2 we cover the grammar of icmake source files. The final part of this article will appear next month and will show examples ...

Magnus Y Alvestad Eugene G. Crosser Issue #2, April-May 1994 In this column, we will include short articles and news items about Linux. According to the Linux Counter, Norway is one of the countries with the most Linux users. While this may be biased by the fact that the Linux Counter itself is based in Norway, it’s certainly true that ...

Arnold Robbins Issue #2, April-May 1994 This month’s column is only peripherally related to the GNU Project, in that it describes a number of the GNU tools on you Linux system and how they might be used. What it’s really about is the “Software Tools” philosophy of program development and usage. The Software Toolbox The Software Tools philosophy was an ...

Daniel Quinlan Issue #2, April-May 1994 The recent release of the Linux FSSTND (short for “filesystem standard”) promises to bring Linux developers together into a more cohesive group. The purpose of this standard is to document an improved and consistent filesystem (directory and file) structure for Linux systems. The first round of discussion on creating a filesystem standard started in ...