What Runs Where on Athena: TEMPLATE

Title and Description:

apropos
Description: searches for strings and key words in man pages

TO RUN:

athena% apropos search_string

See also: man

Title and Description:

athinfo
Description: retrieves information about a workstation in multiple categories; can be run remotely

TO RUN:

athena% athinfo host query

athena% athinfo host queries (prints allowed queries for host)

See also: stella

Title and Description:

mysql
Description: client, server and support utilities for MySQL SQL database

TO RUN:

athena% add mysql

athena% mysql -u username -p --host=hostname (to log into a MySQL database as user username on host hostname)

Once logged in, commands are entered at the mysql> prompt. Some of the major ones include:

mysql> create database foo; (to create a new database foo; database administrator needs to set permissions to let you do this)

mysql> use foo; (to use a database foo)

mysql> create table bar; (create a data table bar associated with current database)

mysql> insert into bar... (insert data into table bar)

athena% mysqladmin options (to perform various administrative tasks on a MySQL database; users need sufficient permissions to do this)

There is a home page and documentation download site

See also: Open Office Database, sqlplus, Star Office Database

Note:

To create databases, you need to run the mysqld daemon on a machine dedicated to this purpose. You can also access and manipulate databases through C code linking against the libmysqlclient library. Other utility programs exist, mostly with names starting with mysql... See documentation for details

Title and Description:

Open Office Database
Description: database component of Open Office office suite- select File -> New -> Database

TO RUN:

athena% add -f ooffice (for new 3.1 release on Athena 10; not necessary on Athena 9.4)

athena% ooffice [-ver 3.1] & (-ver switch for new 3.1 release)

There is a local Web page; also the openoffice.org support page and a 3.x User Guide

See also: mysql, sqlplus, Star Office Database

Title and Description:

cview, xcluster
Description: monitors current cluster usage. cview uses a command-line interface; xcluster uses a campus map and an X interface

TO RUN:

athena% cview (for a command-line interface)

athena% cview printers (for printer information)

athena% cview phones (for cluster phone numbers)

athena% xcluster & (for an X interface)

For general cluster information for Athena and other platforms, look here

Title and Description:

cview, xcluster
Description: monitors current cluster usage. cview uses a command-line interface; xcluster uses a campus map and an X interface

TO RUN:

athena% cview (for a command-line interface)

athena% cview printers (for printer information)

athena% cview phones (for cluster phone numbers)

athena% xcluster & (for an X interface)

For general cluster information for Athena and other platforms, look here