Ever wonder what makes a computer tick or how a UNIX® server does what it does? For those who wonder what happens when you push the power button on your computer, here's your inside look. This article discusses the different boot types, managing the IBM® AIX® bootlist, and the AIX boot sequence. After reading this article, you should have a better understanding of what exactly is happening when your server starts.
The standard Perl distribution comes with a debugger, although it's really just another Perl program, perl5db.pl. Since it is just a program, I can use it as the basis for writing my own debuggers to suit my needs, or I can use the interface perl5db.pl provides to configure its actions. That's just the beginning, though. read more...
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