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author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Tue, 15 May 2012 21:30:21 +0200
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131 Good Unix shell 131 Good Unix shell
132 knowledge, including shell scripting, is required. MH relies fundamentally 132 knowledge, including shell scripting, is required. MH relies fundamentally
133 on the shell. Without the power of the shell, MH becomes a motorbike 133 on the shell. Without the power of the shell, MH becomes a motorbike
134 without winding roads: boring. 134 without winding roads: boring.
135 Introductions to Unix and its shell can be found in ``The UNIX Programming 135 Introductions to Unix and its shell can be found in ``The UNIX Programming
136 Environment'' by Kernighan and Pike or ``The UNIX System'' by Bourne. 136 Environment'' by Kernighan and Pike
137 .[
138 kernighan pike unix prog env
139 .]
140 or ``The UNIX System'' by Bourne.
141 .[
142 bourne unix system
143 .]
137 The reader is 144 The reader is
138 expected to be familiar with the C programming language, although the 145 expected to be familiar with the C programming language, although the
139 document should be understandable without knowledge of C, too. 146 document should be understandable without knowledge of C, too.
140 ``The C Programming Language'' by Kernighan and Ritchie is the 147 ``The C Programming Language'' by Kernighan and Ritchie
141 definitive guide to C. 148 .[
149 kernighan ritchie c prog lang
150 .]
151 is the definitive guide to C.
142 Some book about system-level C programming is worthwile additional 152 Some book about system-level C programming is worthwile additional
143 literature. Rochkind and Curry have written such books. 153 literature. Rochkind and Curry have written such books.
154 .[
155 rochkind advanced unix prog
156 .]
157 .[
158 curry system prog
159 .]
144 As large parts of the code are old, old books are likely more helpful 160 As large parts of the code are old, old books are likely more helpful
145 to understanding. 161 to understanding.
146 The format of email messages as well as the structure of email transfer 162 The format of email messages as well as the structure of email transfer
147 systems should be familiar to the reader, at least on a basic level. 163 systems should be familiar to the reader, at least on a basic level.
148 It's advisable to have at least cross-read the RFCs 821 and 822. 164 It's advisable to have at least cross-read the RFCs 821 and 822.
188 .U2 "Organization 204 .U2 "Organization
189 .P 205 .P
190 Which font for what use. 206 Which font for what use.
191 Meaning of `foo(1)'. 207 Meaning of `foo(1)'.
192 RFCs. 208 RFCs.
193 MH vs. nmh vs. mmh.
194 .P 209 .P
195 This thesis is devided into XXX chapters, ... 210 This thesis is devided into XXX chapters, ...
196 .P 211 .P
197 .I Chapter 1 212 .I Chapter 1
198 introduces ... 213 introduces ...