LINUX/UNIX

Introduction to UNIX

Compute Canada has put together some introductions to UNIX.

• Basic intro from Compute Canada
• Sharcnet - fairly in-depth
• SciNet - also pretty in-depth

Odds and Ends

This is a collection of useful tools, commands, and random odds and ends.

• ssh config

• Screen:
  • A useful terminal manager - especially on remote servers
  • See User Manual
  • See also this Blog

• RSA Keys
  • Tired of typing in your password every time you log in somewhere? Use an RSA Key. It's also more secure.
  • Learn more here and here

• Source code comparison Mdiff
• MPIRUN in the background
• Limiting MATLAB processor usage
• Combine PNG images into an AVI movie file mkavi.sh
• Cleaning up model output files Keep.sh
• Remote/Virtual desktop with NoMachine NX
• Manual process placement on multi-processor machines

Linux servers owned by the Fluids Lab

• info specific to winisk and kazan (no longer in service)
• info specific to hood.math
• info specific to boogaloo.math and belize.math
• info specific to bow, minnewanka, waterton ("mountain lakes")
• simple local file sharing
• Login script (.profile, .cshrc) for the MFCF-administered machines