https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-04-14T22:05:11+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_eight?rev=1463759356&do=diff Linux Tutorial Eight 8.1 UNIX Variables Variables are a way of passing information from the shell to programs when you run them. Programs look “in the environment” for particular variables and if they are found will use the values stored. Some are set by the system, others by you, yet others by the shell, or any program that loads another program. text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_seven?rev=1463759351&do=diff Linux Tutorial Seven 7.1 Compiling Linux software packages We have many public domain and commercial software packages installed on our systems, which are available to all users. However, students are allowed to download and install small software packages in their own home directory, software usually only useful to them personally. text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_six?rev=1463759345&do=diff Linux Tutorial Six Other useful UNIX commands quota All students are allocated a certain amount of disk space on the file system for their personal files, usually about 100Mb. If you go over your quota, you are given 7 days to remove excess files.