Click on a tab above to see HTML documentation for most non-licensed Unix software at CFHT. GNU-Emacs info format and Unix man page format documentation is converted and presented as HTML. There is also a very incomplete page on commercial or non-GPL software at CFHT. Go to the Pegasus pages for documentation on CFHT-written software.
Choosing bash as your interactive command shell Choosing fvwm as your X-windows desktop How to set your PATH if you don't use bash More consistent/powerful versions of tar, cp, ls, ... Guidelines for making secure CGI scripts Setting up ssh to access CFHT from "outside" or from home
Managed Linux Configurations at CFHT Unless otherwise noted, all packages were obtained from Gnu's main ftp site, ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ or the mirror site at ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/pub/unix/gnu/.