1. Unix Philosophy

2. •Small is beautiful.
•Make each program do one thing well.
•Build a prototype as soon as possible.
•Choose portability over efficiency.
•Store numerical data in flat ASCII files.
•Use software leverage to your advantage.
•Use shells scripts to increase leverage and
portability.
•Avoid captive user interfaces.
•Make every program a filter.

3. Small is beautiful.
Small things can be combined in many ways to create useful large things.
Leader/00-23 *****nam##22*****#a#4500
001 <control number>
003 <control number identifier>
005 19920331092212.7 007/00-01 ta
008/00-39 820305s1991####nyu###########001#0#eng##
020 ##$a0845348116 :$c$29.95 (£19.50 U.K.)
020 ##$a0845348205 (pbk.)
040 ##$a[organization code]$c[organization code]
050 14$aPN1992.8.S4$bT47 1991
082 04$a791.45/75/0973$219
100 1#$aTerrace, Vincent,$d1948-
245 10$aFifty years of television :$ba guide to series and pilots, 1937-1988 /$cVincent Terrace.
246 1#$a50 years of television
260 ##$aNew York :$bCornwall Books,$cc1991.
300 ##$a864 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 ##$aIncludes index.
650 #0$aTelevision pilot programs$zUnited States$vCatalogs.
650 #0$aTelevision serials$zUnited States$vCatalogs.

4. Make each program do one thing
well.

5. Build a prototype as soon as possible.

6. Choose portability over efficiency.

7. Store numerical data in flat ASCII files.

8. Use software leverage to your
advantage.
Running Symphony on a virtual server
Making electronic resources count using LDAP
Advanced UNIX tips/tricks
Customizing E-Library 3.3 and beyond
Symphony Reports for a lean, mean collection
EDI/9XX
Implementing Credit Card Payments
Enterprise unraveled
Integrating Web 2.0 applications with the OPAC
Implementing SchoolRooms
Shortcuts for inventorying your collection
Cataloging serials without the serials module
Creating custom reports using API
Using Director's Station
UNIX for the Uninitiated
Patron Notification via Text Messaging
Using Selection Lists with Acquisitions
Tips, tricks, and troubleshooting for API
Authority Control
Implementing Portfolio
Web Reporter in Practice
How Other Libraries Have Implemented Bookmyne and/or
Webservices

9. Use shell scripts to increase
leverage and portability.
$ vi first
#
# My first shell script
#
clear
echo "Knowledge is Power"
#!/bin/bash
# Backs up all files in current directory modified within last 24 hours
#+ in a "tarball" (tarred and gzipped file).
BACKUPFILE=backup-$(date +%m-%d-%Y)
# Embeds date in backup filename.
# Thanks, Joshua Tschida, for the idea.
archive=${1:-$BACKUPFILE}
# If no backup-archive filename specified on command-line,
#+ it will default to "backup-MM-DD-YYYY.tar.gz."
tar cvf - `find . -mtime -1 -type f -print` > $archive.tar gzip $archive.tar
echo "Directory $PWD backed up in archive file "$archive.tar.gz"."
# Stephane Chazelas points out that the above code will fail
#+ if there are too many files found
#+ or if any filenames contain blank characters.
# He suggests the following alternatives:
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# find . -mtime -1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 tar rvf "$archive.tar"
# using the GNU version of "find".
# find . -mtime -1 -type f -exec tar rvf "$archive.tar" '{}' ;
# portable to other UNIX flavors, but much slower.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
exit 0

10. Avoid captive user interfaces.

11. Make every program a filter.
Charge User
DB
Item
DB
Charge DB

12. Lissa Potter
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
lissa_potter@ao.uscourts.gov