IT Services
Browse our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Details of the IT Services Unix system and facilities available on it
- Why am I having a problem with mget in the ftp command?
- How can I change an ITS UNIX file to a PC-DOS format, and copy it?
- How do turn a ZIP file on the Unix system into an ordinary file?
- How do I use gzip?
- Why might I be having a problem with a text file on the Unix system?
- How do I delete files like: *.;1 on the ITS Unix system?
- How do I check how much space my files are taking up on UNIX?
- What is a Unix environment variable?
- How can I avoid retyping long commands in the Unix system?
- What does the message "You have running jobs" mean?
- How do I uudecode a file using UNIX?
- Why are strange characters appearing on the terminal (screen) in my Unix login session?
- How do I stop a process or command that's running in the background?
- How can I preview a PostScript file in Unix?
- In Unix, how do I refer to files with names containing a space?
- How do I get to a previous command on the IT Services Unix system?
- How do I protect individual files against deletion?
- What editor should I use on the central Unix system?
- How do I make a shorthand for commands on the Unix system?
- How do I copy a file from a colleague's directory on the Unix system?
- How do I make a shell file executable ?
- How do I change my password for email, PC login, Study Direct, Sussex Direct, Mac login, Unix login etc.?
- Why can't I open one of my files or directories?
- Why can I not find any of my UNIX files with names beginning with a dot?
- How do I send my program output to a file on a UNIX system?
- How do I 'tar' a series of files onto a single one?
- What does the 'enable' command do and how do I use it?
- How do I create a large table in a LaTeX document?
- Can the Exceed X-term emulation window be expanded at start-up?
- What is $SCRATCH on the Unix system?
- How long do files stay in my $SCRATCH space on the IT Services Unix System?
- How can I get a list of all the processes that I have running on the Unix server?
- What settings should I use for the FTP client FileZilla when accessing the central Unix system?
- How can I get a file to someone that is too big to send as an email attachment?
- Using Webdrive to access your files on the central Unix file server
- Can I use the Sussex Linux server (Napier) from my own machine?
- What is Exceed onDemand?
Updated on 26 November 2012