Letter to James H. Tinkess

[Wallagh Serge R]

Hello James Tinkess,
 
I've tried to reply to your msg, in with you offer some syllabi.
But this f***ing mail system won't sent me a private msg. back,
so I've to do it in public. Here is my answer:

 
Thank you for your reaction. You could really help me a lot.
My mail adress is "wallagh at cs.vu.nl"
(Perhaps it's saver to use this msg and Reply).

My home-adress is:
   Serge Wallagh
   Oosterpark 68
   1092 AS  Amsterdam
   The Netherlands
   Europe

 
What do we (for the second year students) need?
They know about nothing from Unix or any real OS. (They have been using
the Macintosh during the first year).
In a relativly short period they should be able to use Unix, as a
normal user. Thus:
knowing what directories are, how to make them.
Vi, what is it? How does it (basically) works?
What is Unix? What is it structure? Where can I find help?
What's the structure of Unix?
How does one use the file-permissions (rwx etc.)?
What's a .login file? and .cshrc? 
(BTW we use default a csh-shell, and BSD 4.2 [from Gould]).
How does the mail system works? 
(They are NOT allowed to use NETNEWS)
 
These are the mean point.
If there would be a little word about using C in combination with
Unix, it would be a plus, but it's not essential.
 
You see, what we need is real basic stuff.
(If you have addition material, eg. about I-nodes etc. it would be
helpfull too, but we are not looking for a compleet Unix ref.) 
I'm sure I forgot some points, but by now you will probably know
what we are looking for.
 
 
                     Thank you very much already,
 
			Serge Wallagh (wallagh at cs.vu.nl)