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The Igor System Administration Tool.

Pierce, 1996

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15703040792038798135
Author
Pierce C
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LISA

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This paper describes the system administration tool we call Igor. Igor is a tool for administrating a large number of UNIX systems in a diverse, networked environment. Igor consists of two parts, an interactive GUI which is controlled by an operator, and a daemon …
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