The UNIX(R) CRONicle December 1996
Official Publication of the STL!/unix/usr/group
(UNIX(R) is a registered trademark in the United States and other
countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd.)
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*** NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at 6:30 pm
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
6:30 PM . . Tutorial "Advanced Applied SQL"
by Mike Kriz
7:00 PM . . Call For Help (An opportunity for you to ask
technical questions of the group)
7:15 PM . . Social, off-line conversations, & book sales
7:30 PM . . Presentation "SCO Unix"
by Tom Parsons
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PRESENTATION: "SCO Unix" by Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons will discuss recent developments by The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. (SCO) to make UNIX available free for educational
and non-commercial use. SCO purchased Novell, Inc.'s UNIX business
in December 1995 in return for some 6 million shares of SCO common
stock. Since that time, SCO has been working on a merger of its own
SCO OpenServer operating system and Novell's former UnixWare
product, and is working with Novell and Hewlett-Packard on a common
64-bit UNIX system.
Tom is an active participant in the St. Louis UNIX Users Group. He
has managed our booth at the annual ITEC Expo at the America's
Center (Convention Center). Tom has worked with SCO products for
many years and manages an SCO discussion forum on CompuServe. [I
apologize for any inaccuracies. - Ed.]
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TUTORIAL: "Advanced Applied SQL," by Mike Kriz
So you've gotten basic SQL down and are comfortable with the employee -
department - skills - supervisor example in the book.
Now you get asked to do a real report - "they" want two different
sets of data from 6 tables sorted 4 different ways.
So, how do you do that?????
Try advanced SQL.
Topics to be covered include:
- How to handle optional arguments
- How to get data from multiple sources interspersed in the desired order
- How to get data from different tables when the correct table is data dependent
- How to handle nulls - tricks and gotchas
- Stupid decode tricks
- Stupid ROWID tricks
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Meetings:
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December 11, 6:30pm Main meeting
Meeting location: Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
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December 17, 6:00pm Steering Committee
Meeting location: Daugherty Systems
One City Place (2nd floor)
Creve Coeur, MO
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Linux SIG
December 19, 7:00pm: Linux X Window Managers by Brian Ricker,
Technology Applications
Meeting Location: Bridgeton Trails Public Library
3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO 63044
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CTI SIG
December 4, 6:30pm: Demonstration of the Hammer Technology Testing
Platform for CTI
Meeting Location: Bridgeton Trails Public Library
3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO 63044
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The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month
at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley
on Manchester.
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN:
1) Take 40 West to the Hanley exit.
2) Turn left (south) onto Hanley.
3) Turn left (east) onto Manchester, then turn right ASAP
into the Sunnen Products driveway.
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the
general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training
room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.
The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month
at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every
month, location to be announced.
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St. Louis Unix Users Group - Linux SIG (SLUUGLS)
PRESENTATION:
Brian Ricker is a Software Engineer with Technology Applications in
Chesterfield. He has been using Linux since the 0.99 kernel.
Brian will present an overview of the X Window Managers available
for Linux.
Linux X Window Managers can be subdivided into three categories:
Free Free (fvwm based)
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twm fvwm
tvtwm fvwm-95
ctvwm AfterStep
9wm
OpenWindows (olvwm and olwm)
Commercial
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mwm
Brian will cover configuration, appearance, and performance issues
amongst the different X Window Managers.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:
Bridgeton Trails Public Library Room
3455 McKelvey Road
>From 270:
Exit St. Charles Rock Road east,
make right onto McKelvey Road,
Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey.
>From Lindberg:
Exit St. Charles Rock Road west,
make left onto McKelvey Road,
Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey.
For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group
at http://linux.feldt.com or contact Matthew Feldt at
linux@www.feldt.com.
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Computer Telephony Integration User's Group (SLUUG CiTI)
The next Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) User's Group meeting is
set for December 4 on the Hammer Technology Testing Platform for CTI.
Topic: The program will involve a demonstration of the
widely-acclaimed Hammer IT product by Paul Mitchell, Regional Sales
Representative of Hammer Technology. This product is a telephony
test system designed to meet the complete needs of testing computer
telephony and enhanced services systems and applications according
to Hammer Technologies. The December event is the rescheduled
October event.
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 4, 1996; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx)
Location: Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road)
(see map at http://www.ctitek.com/ctiusers/library_map.html)
Cost: None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge.
Note: All 1997 meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of
the month.
*** No meeting scheduled for January 1 ***
Next meeting is February 5, 1997
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at
tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)537-3959.
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SLUUG ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY
The upcoming February elections are fast approaching and many changes will
probably be taking place within the SLUUG organization as different
leaders assume their duties. Please get involved -- this is your
organization! Be thinking about your own participation in the group, what
you can contribute, and who you would like to represent the group in the
following positions:
Two Directors News Editor
President News Publisher
Vice President Web Manager
Secretary ITEC Booth Manager
Treasurer ITEC Presentation Manager
Presentation Manager BBS Manager
Meeting Host(ess) Modem Manager
Book Sales Manager Newbie Tutor
Sponsorship Manager
The directors officially govern the group, but appoint officers and
managers to perform the day to day operations. We ask the general
membership to vote on each position to guide the directors in their
choices.
Please notify the Nomination Committee of any candidates you would like
to see nominated. Members of the Nomination Committee are:
Robert Becnel
Jim Ford
Matthew Feldt
Tom Parsons
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SLUUG Becomes a Christmas Sponsor
Adopting Families Through
St. Patrick Center
This year, SLUUG joins the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis and encourages
each of it's members to participate in the Christmas "Adopt A Family"
program.
About St. Patrick Center
Since 1983, St. Patrick Center has provided programs that assist poor,
homeless, and homeless mentally-ill individuals in making permanent,
positive changes in their lives. With the support of the community and
many volunteers, the Center serves an average of 400 people per day
through an array of 15 different programs which include direct assistance
through food, clothing, counseling, and utility assistance, as well as
opportunities for substance abuse rehabilitation, education, job training,
employment, and housing.
St. Patrick Center has developed a system of pairing needy families with
families or individuals who wish to share their blessings in their "Adopt
A Family" program.
The SLUUG Plan
Please join as SLUUG and SLUUG members participate in this worth-while
cause - it promises to make YOUR holiday season more satisfying!
The program works like this:
(1) Decide what type of and size family you would like to "adopt" -
single adult, adult with two children, etc.
(2) Call Joan Hanheide or Susan Reese at the Center - (314)621-1283.
(3) They will take your name and other vital information and
assign a family to you. You will receive the first names of
each family member and information about what their needs are
for Christmas by fax or mail. Tags for the gift bag will be
sent by US Mail.
(4) The familty is then notified that they have been "adopted" and
will be receiving gifts.
(5) You provide at least two gifts for each person sponsored. Gifts
should be in the $10 - $20 range. You might want to get together
with other SLUUG members to jointly sponsor a family.
(6) You wrap and tag the gifts and deliver them to St. Patrick's within
specific hours on December 14, 16, or 17 in a large plastic bag.
Alternately, you may bring the gift bags to the SLUUG Meeting on
December 11 where Jim Ford has volunteered to collect them deliver
them to the Center.
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USENIX 1997 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
January 6-10, 1997
Anaheim, California, Marriott Hotel
USELINUX
Linux Applications Development & Deployment Conference
Co-located with USENIX 1997 Technical Conference
Co-sponsored by Linux International
Attendees may pay one fee and attend both conferences.
There are 20 day-long tutorials offered on January 6-7. Topics include:
IPv6 Kerberos Approach to Network Security
Secure Java Programming Introduction to Java
Windows NT and Windows 95 UNIX Network Programming
How Networks Work Topics in System Administration
Web Security System and Network Performance Tuning
Inside the Linux 2.0 Kernel Java Applets and the AWT
UNIX Security Tools CGI and WWW Programming in Perl
Administering a Web Server .Device Drivers under Linux
Solaris System Administration .Beginning Perl Programming
Writing Secure Code Creating Effective User Interfaces
Java, the Web, Intranets, Security, Windows NT are among the topics
of the Technical Program, January 8-10. It begins with a keynote
address by James Gosling, a creator of Java. 23 refereed papers
present up-to-the-minute research. A second track of invited talks
cover cryptography, Inktomi and AltaVista Search Engines, IPv6,
benchmarks, and a new networked operating system from Bell Labs.
Linus Torvalds will speak on the future of Linux at the Linux
Applications Development and Deployment Conference. USELINUX will
offer tutorials and technical presentations for developers.
Concurrently, those interested in the Linux marketplace may attend
case studies and expert presentations on how to create a Linux-based
business.
An Exhibition on January 8-9 offers presentations by 55 vendors.
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE. If you cannot attend the
conference but would like to visit the exhibition, contact Cynthia
Deno at (408)335-9445 or cynthia@usenix.org.
For more program and registration information, visit
http://www.usenix.org or send email to info@usenix.org. Put "send
usenix97 conference" in the body of your message.
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Special Interest Groups
As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the
possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If
you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System
Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a
specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension
103, or contact any officer of the group.
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St. Louis UNIX Users Group Steering Committee
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general
2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of
Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can
direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend.
If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG,
feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting.
Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.
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WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED
SLUUGLS would like to set up a Linux Server to mirror Linux sites and
provide Linux to the bulletin board users of SLUUG. In order to
provide these services we are seeking a donation of a system with the
following configuration:
4/586 Motherboard & CPU
16MB RAM
2+GB Hard Drive
Ethernet Adaptor
CDROM Drive
Any donation, even parts will be appreciated. Thank you.
Matthew Feldt E-mail: linux@www.feldt.com
URL: http://www.feldt.com
ASCII-armored Public PGP key is in .plan or web page.
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SPONSORS.....
Andersen Consulting
Arbor Consulting
Ask/Ingress Software
AT&T Global Information Solutions
Brown Group, Inc.
The Charron Law Firm
CIBER, Inc.
Cyborg Consulting Enterprise
Cypress Systems, Ltd.
Daugherty Systems
Gundaker Realtors Better Homes & Gardens
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Informix Corporation
Lindenberg & Associates
Maryville Data Systems, Inc.
Mastercard International
O'Reilly & Associates
Pyramid Technology Corporation
Rave Computer
SEI
Shamrock Computer Resources Ltd.
Software Systems Specialists, Inc.
Sun Microsystems
Sunnen Products
Sybase
SyllogisTeks
Unisys
Venmar Systems, Inc.
WTI Systems, Ltd.
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New O'Reilly Linux Site and Related Books
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:27:24 -0500
From: John Dockery <john@ora.com>
Please check out the new O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Linux Web
Site at http://www.ora.com/info/linux/
It has:
* Free excerpt from Linux Multimedia Guide
* Interview with Olaf Kirch
* Recommended links to the best Linux web sites.
* Links to our Unix & Linux book pages
We hope you find this site useful.
O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the following
three titles that may also be of interest to you. These three
titles are forthcoming. Please contact your favorite bookstore if
you'd like to place an advance order.
Programming with GNU Software
By Mike Loukides & Andy Oram
1st Edition, due mid-December 1996 (est.)
1-56592-112-7, 260 pages (est.) $39.95 (est.), Includes CD-ROM
This book and CD combination is a complete package for programmers who
are new to UNIX or who would like to make better use of the system.
The tools come from Cygnus Support, Inc., and Cyclic Software,
companies that provide support for free software. Contents include GNU
Emacs, gcc, C and C++ libraries, gdb, RCS, and make. The book provides
an introduction to all these tools for a C programmer. For more
information visit: http://www.ora.com/catalog/prognu/
Linux in a Nutshell
By Jessica P. Hekman and the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
1st Edition due in mid-January 1997 (est.)
1-56592-167-4, 650 pages (est.), $19.95 (est.)
The desktop reference for Linux, Linux in a Nutshell covers the core
commands available on common Linux distributions. This isn't a
scaled-down quick reference of common commands, but a complete
reference containing all user, programming,administration, and
networking commands. Also documents a wide range of GNU tools. For
more information visit: http://www.ora.com/catalog/linuxnut/
Writing GNU Emacs Extensions: Editor Customizations and Creations
with Lisp
By Bob Glickstein, 1st Edition, due in February, 1997 (est.)
250 pages (est.), 1-56592-261-1, $29.95 (est.)
This book introduces Emacs Lisp and tells you how to make the editor
do whatever you want, whether it's altering the way text scrolls or
inventing a whole new "major mode." Topics progress from simple to
complex; from lists, symbols, and keyboard commands to syntax tables, macro
templates, and error recovery. The web page for this book has not
been put on-line yet.
Check http://www.ora.com/catalog/new.html in December for more
information.
Please note that these are working titles and the publication dates
and prices may change slightly.
Other recent released O'Reilly books that may be of interest.
Learning GNU Emacs, 2nd Edition,
By Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt & Eric Raymond published September
1996, 1-56592-152, 560 pages, $29.95. More information can be found
at http://www.ora.com/catalog/gnu2/
Running Linux, 2nd Edition,
By Matt Welsh & Lar Kaufman, published August 1996 1-56592-151-8, 650
pages, $29.95
More information can be found at http://www.ora.com/catalog/runux2/
Linux Multimedia Guide,
By Jeff Tranter,1st Edition published September 1996
1-56592-219-0, 386 pages, $32.95
More information can be found at
http://www.ora.com/catalog/multilinux/
O'Reilly has discontinued the Running Linux Companion CD-ROM
Please contact Red Hat at http://www.redhat.com/ for the most
current Red Hat Linux release.
We invite you to subscribe to the O'Reilly News Mailing List
and the O'Reilly Events Mailing List.
How to Subscribe
Subscribe by sending mail to listproc@online.ora.com containing
the line:
subscribe ora-news "Your Name" of "Your Company"
and / or
subscribe ora-events YOUR FULL NAME
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SLUUG on the World Wide Web (WWW)
The St. Louis UNIX Users Group maintains a WWW page at
http://www.sluug.org/. Visit us to learn more about who we are and what
we do, visit other UNIX user groups' WWW pages, sign up for a SIG, or
just to browse.
Our web page has recently been redesigned and greatly improved. Much
thanks to Matthew Feldt for all his efforts! Visit us and see what we
have to offer.
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/usr/groups/other
We publish other user group meeting schedules on a reciprocal basis.
If you are a member of another non-profit group, please inform them
of our policy and invite them to exchange meeting information with
editor@michelob.wustl.edu, or call any of the SLUUG officers.
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St. Louis Internet Users Group
The St. Louis Internet Users Group is devoted to discussing issues
dealing with the Internet. Each meeting includes a presentation,
question and answer session, and a discussion of new resources
available on the Internet.
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month, 6:30 PM, auditorium, lower level,
One City Place on Olive Street Road in Creve Coeur.
Contact: Jym Barnes at (314)926-8672 (jym@stl.net) or visit their Web
home page, http://www.stl.net.
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), St. Louis Chapter
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month, 5:30 PM, Grone Cafeteria, 4409
Woodson Road, 2 blocks south of Lambert airport. Dinner at Grone's
before the meeting.
Contact: Dayle Majors at (314)441-2895.
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The St. Louis Object Oriented Special Interest Group (OO SIG)
Meetings: The St. Louis OOSIG meets on the 3rd Thursday of
alternating months from 4:30-6:30 pm. The location varies, usually
alternating between the Creve Coeur Community Center and
Southwestern Bell, downtown.
Contact: Mike Taterka, (314)344-5007 or 102142.1453@compuserve.com.
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The Gateway Area Macintosh User Group (GAMUG)
Meetings: Second Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM, Parkway Instructional
Services Building, 12657 Fee Fee Road, just west of Page and I-270.
Contact: GAMUG Hotline, 664-6972 (voice) or 664-6975 (FAX).
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CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST
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Address Changes Klaus Mueller H: +1 (573) 334-6477
& Membership 331 S Spring Ave
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
EMAIL: mueller@michelob.wustl.edu
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BBS Questions Gary Meyer H: (314)781-8644
EMAIL: gary@michelob.wustl.edu
EMAIL: meyer@decus.org
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Corporate Sponsors Paul Backer W: (314)454-4002
FAX: (314)454-6158
EMAIL: pauldb1@slch.wustl.edu
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Newsletter Editorial team: EMAIL:editor@michelob.wustl.edu
Submissions
Publisher: Sanjiv Bhatia H: (314)519-9272
W: (314)516-6520
FAX: (314)516-5400
EMAIL: sanjiv@aryabhat.cs.umsl.edu
Editor: Steve Totten H: (618)931-0037
URL: http://www.sluug.org/~totten
EMAIL: totten@michelob.wustl.edu
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O'Reilly Books Fred Govier W: (314)342-7846
EMAIL: govier@michelob.wustl.edu
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Presentations Rich Seibel H: (314)878-0394
W: (314)515-2725
EMAIL: rich@michelob.wustl.edu
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Steering Committee Dave Mills H: (314)452-3313
Information W: (314)230-5151 ext 103
FAX: (314)230-5494
EMAIL: mills@michelob.wustl.edu
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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Computer Telephone Integration (CTI):
Tony Zafiropoulos URL: http://www.inlink.com/~itek
EMAIL: tonyz@ctitek.com
Linux: Matthew Feldt H: (314)429-5433
URL: http://www.feldt.com
EMAIL: linux@www.feldt.com
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SUBMISSIONS
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interest to the members of the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, email it to
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