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We are surrounded by lots of information as we work. Our personal address books, salary data records and records of measurements made during experiments all contain valuable information. We must store such information in a manner that permits us to find it immediately when we need it.
In this chapter we will discuss a number of outstanding characteristic features of UNIX. One of the most important of these is the file concept, which has a considerable influence on the whole system program. In addition, the fact that the files in the aggregate form a tree structure and the fact that there is a command interpreter language shell contribute to providing a user-friendly environment. The abundance of software is itself an important feature of UNIX.
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Shirota, Y., Kunii, T.L. (1984). Characteristic Features of UNIX. In: First Book on UNIX™ for Executives. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68023-9_4
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