Solaris

[BoredBloke]

In the world of windows the files you run to kick off an application are .exe

Is there a similar thing in solaris?

I have never used Solaris and I'd be interested if anybody knows of any really basic guides to it - free ones!!

[TheFaQQer]

No extension needed - it's the permissions on the file.

If you "ls -l" it shows the permissions - if there is an x in the permissions, then you can execute the file. e.g. -rwxr--r-- shows that you, your group and the world can read it, but only you can write to it or execute it.

If it's a script, then the file may have a .sh extension to show that it's a shell script.

[TheFaQQer]

You can find the O'Reilly books online here which have some good references if you need to find out how to do something.

[where did my id go?]

Sun regularly do a try before you buy thing where you can get a box for a month or so to play with. I'm sure that you'll have to think up some justification for the trial and suffer sales calls afterwards, but maybe worth a look.

[BoredBloke]

Cheers everybody - I'll check it all out

[Ardesco]

to execute it on the command line use ./

eg

./myscript.sh

[b0redom]

TBH Solaris to most users is similar to Linux - certainly for familiarisation with scripts etc. Most big vendors are starting to provide certification on Linux, so if it's Oracle or whatever you need to play with, you could even try that.

[Churchill]

Tim,

You can always download Solaris 10 and install it on a PC...

[Spacecadet]

My first ever UNIX shell script i named as "test"
Took me 2 days before i finally got it to work.

HINT: Don't call your executable "test"

[b0redom]

Tim,

You can always download Solaris 10 and install it on a PC...

Except it doesn't support SATA, so it'll need to be an old one.