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My first five minutes on an AIX machine involved trying to find a logfile to read...this is how I discovered 'errpt'; and the (new to me) IBM habit of giving ce
by linksnapzz 6y ago
My first five minutes on an AIX machine involved trying to find a logfile to read...this is how I discovered 'errpt'; and the (new to me) IBM habit of giving certain cli output in all-caps. "Why is this machine shouting at me?"
I did end up liking it a lot, and I wish I had more of them. Once you set aside your expectations about what a unix should act like, it was kinda fun.
- kjs3 6y agoYeah...one of the IBM folks pointed me at the my first AIX box and just said "smit is your friend...don't fight smit". He were right. AIX is Unix that a bunch of really smart folks with a mainframe mentality said "we can improve this...".