Statistics User Guide

Contents

Statistics: Hardware
  • turretarch.chpc.utah.edu
    • 2 Operton Dual-Core 2.8 GHz Processors
    • Memory 16 GB RAM
    • Local Scratch Disk 250 GB /tmp space
  • stats.chpc.utah.edu (Aging 2-processor machine that is still in use)
    • 2 Athlong 1.6 GHz Processors
    • 2 GB Memory
    • 87 GB /scratch space

Statistics: Software by Server
  1. turretarch.chpc.utah.edu
  2. stats.chpc.utah.edu

Statistics: Access

Brief Linux Command Help

Useful commands:

  • man (cd, ftp, ssh, or any command for more info. "man" stands for manual)
  • scp <filename> <userid>@stats.chpc.utah.edu:<filename>
  • ssh stats.chpc.utah.edu
  • ls (see man for ls switch -als also; pipe to more by typing ls -als | more (press space bar to page down or down arrow key)
  • setenv DISPLAY hostname:0.0 (for csh/tcsh)
  • xterm (command shell supports tcsh)
  • c++ (c++ compiler - found in /usr/local/bin along with all the other compilers)
  • gcc (c compiler)
  • pwd (current directory path)
  • cd ("cd /" moves to root directory; "cd .." moves to previous directory, "cd" moves to your home directory, "cd /directory" moves you to /directory)
  • mkdir (creates directory)
  • rm (removes files and directories - man rm for info on switch -rf)
  • cp (copies files - cp file1 file2)
  • more filename (displays text or contents of the file. See man for cat also.)
  • emacs filename (text editor for files. xemacs is also available. See setenv below.)
  • mv (moves files - mv file1 file2)
  • ps (lists processes - try switch -aef.)
  • .cshrc (file found in user home directory; editable for adding paths, etc.)
  • echo $path (shows current paths in .cshrc file)
  • chmod (changes file permissions)
  • ln -s /directorystructure shortcut-name (creates a shortcut to a directory from your home directory)
  • scp filename username@yourcomputer.where-ever.com:/directorystructure/file (copies files to stats in a secure environment)

Using Windows on your desktop machine, you can ONLY access SAS (under Linux OS) by using an X-Windows client such as hummingbird (available through OSL) that allows SAS to open its many windows on your screen.

Contact byron.davis@utah.edu regarding Windows or Linux questions related to interacting with our statistics servers.

Statistic Support