<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >From VMS to Linux HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction " HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >From VMS to Linux HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >By Guido Gonzato, �, and Mike Miller, �</A ></H3 ><P CLASS="PUBDATE" >v1.1.4, 22 September 2004<BR></P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN9" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This HOWTO is aimed at all those who have been using VMS and now need or want to switch to Linux, the free UNIX clone. The transition is made (hopefully) painless with a step--to--step comparison between commands and available tools.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#AEN13" >Why Linux?</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#AEN47" >Comparing Commands and Files</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="short-intro.html" >Short Intro</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="short-intro.html#AEN56" >Files</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="short-intro.html#AEN79" >Directories</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="short-intro.html#AEN112" >Programs</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="short-intro.html#QUICK-TOUR" >Quick Tour</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="editing-files.html" >Editing Files</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="texing.html" >TeXing</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="programming.html" >Programming</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="programming.html#AEN284" >Fortran</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="programming.html#AEN326" >Using <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >make</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="programming.html#AEN345" >Shell Scripts</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="programming.html#C" >C</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="graphics.html" >Graphics</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="mail-and-internet-tools.html" >Mail and Internet Tools</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="advanced-topics.html" >Advanced Topics</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="advanced-topics.html#PERMISSIONS" >Permissions and Ownership</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="advanced-topics.html#MULTITASKING" >Multitasking: Processes and Jobs</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="advanced-topics.html#AEN542" >Files, Revisited</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="advanced-topics.html#PRINT-QUEUES" >Print Queues</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="configuring.html" >Configuring</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="useful-programs.html" >Useful Programs</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="useful-programs.html#AEN617" >Browsing Files: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >less</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="useful-programs.html#NUMBERED-BACKUPS-UNDER-LINUX" >Numbered Backups Under Linux</A ></DT ><DT >10.3. <A HREF="useful-programs.html#AEN672" >Archiving: tar & gzip</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11. <A HREF="examples.html" >Real Life Examples</A ></DT ><DT >12. <A HREF="x811.html" >Tips You Can't Do Without</A ></DT ><DT >13. <A HREF="x838.html" >Reading VMS tapes from Linux</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.1. <A HREF="x838.html#AEN841" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >13.2. <A HREF="x838.html#AEN846" >The Basics</A ></DT ><DT >13.3. <A HREF="x838.html#AEN858" >Some details</A ></DT ><DT >13.4. <A HREF="x838.html#AEN866" >Comment on Block Size</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="x871.html" >The End</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >14.1. <A HREF="x871.html#AEN873" >Copyright</A ></DT ><DT >14.2. <A HREF="x871.html#AEN880" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >