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If you have a specific problem with UNIX and you wish to see a
tutor, be sure you have the following before you see him or her:
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A detailed description of your problem.
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Thoughts about what he/she is likely to ask you, such as:
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What are you trying to do, specifically?
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What is the exact statement or command you are using?
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What are you expecting to happen?
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What is happening?
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Has this ever worked? If so, what has changed since then?
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Can you reproduce the failure at will? If not, under what
conditions or with what frequency can you reproduce it?
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The names of any files that are involved (e.g. programs, data, etc).
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Current listings (printouts), if you have them.
If you have listings, be sure they are current.
You can get listings of a terminal session, which includes the
commands you typed and the error messages UNIX produced, by
using the
script command.
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Any related class materials, documentation, software
descriptions, etc.
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