Fink is one of several projects that brings easy management of open source Unix programs to OS X.

The tr command is useful for removing unnecessary characters from Windows files when converting to Unix format. Remove carriage return and Ctrl-Z characters from a Windows file: ...

Thinkstock Samba Another option for moving files between Unix and Windows systems it to make a drive or folder available by “sharing” it. Both Unix and Windows have commands for this. To share ...

One of the questions that Unix users are sometimes reluctant to ask is how all the directory names — like /etc, /var and /usr/local — came about in the first place. Why did we adopt the ...

Need to move files between Unix and Windows? No problem. There are several different ways of doing just that. One will surely meet your need.

Dear Lifehacker, I’ve followed your guide to building a home server with FreeNAS , but I’m not sure what to do with the permissions on my files. Can ...

Unix systems provide numerous ways to compare files. The most common way to verify that you have received or downloaded the proper file is to compute a checksum and compare it against one computed ...

The /etc/inittab file controls what happens whenever a Unix system is rebooted or forced to change run levels. Let's take a look at the configuration lines that tell your system what it's supposed ...

In effort to pump up dwindling Unix revenue, SCO unveils new version of OpenServer, along with new open-source-friendly position.