[lbo-talk] Meditations on UNIX

[joanna]

I remember in my Geometry I class, the teacher would put a triangle on 
the board, label the sides A, B, C, and then do some proof or other. 
Then he would say, "Now class, if I label this X,Y, Z and ask you to do 
this proof on the test, will you be able to do it?" "Yes," everyone 
cried. The X,Y, Z triangle would duly appear on the test and half the 
class would get it wrong...

Is this the principle Microsoft used with DOS? I need to relearn UNIX 
because of changes at work, and it sure looks like DOS is just a dumbed 
down version of UNIX with the slashes (/) reversed.

Oh, and, can anyone recommend a good/short UNIX primer. I don't need 
really geeky stuff, just file/directory manipulation, symolic links, 
changing access permissions...

Thanks,

Joanna