William H. Magill on 16 Feb 2010 14:20:36 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Unix Rosetta Stone (Was: Re: Equivalent of id for groups)


On Feb 16, 2010, at 2:45 PM, JP Vossen wrote:

>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:20:33 -0500
>> From: bergman@merctech.com
>> 
>> Are you (plural) aware of the "Unix Rosetta Stone"? It's a wonderful
>> cross-platform listing of commands and common tasks. For example, it
>> gives the equivalent to "getent" for 16 different OSs.
>> 
>> http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
> 
> That is the coolest thing ever!  How did I not know about that?!?


Clearly, you are not a member of SAGE.... the list has been around since SAGE was formed, maybe back around 2000, I forget t he date.

That was back in the days of DEC and the DECUS Unix Users Group where there really WERE Unix Operating Systems out there.

... can anybody say "Maddog Hall" -- who introduced Linus to MIPS and then Alpha hardware, long ....  long ago... :)


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