Page last updated: 16 September 2002
Toolman
is a series of articles appearing in the
USENIX Association's
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magazine. The articles present programs that
exemplify a tool approach to dealing with daytoday computer
activities.
The articles:
Toolman: Meet Ed Q.
(August 2000)
About the edq script, a tool that can be used to automate the modification of user disk quotas.
Toolman: Revision Control Revisited
(October 1999)
About the rc script, a tool that can be used to automate the checkout/edit/checkin cycle of SCCS and RCS revision control systems.
Toolman Meets PatchReport
(December 1997)
About Joe Shamblin's PatchReport script, a tool that analyzes and updates OS software patches on Sun Solaris.