manual to the vi editor

most used unix commands with GIG

cd $ED   go to Environment directory
cd $DD   go to intdump directory
cd $TD   go to production directory
cd $LD   go to intib directory

to render an animation

cd $ED      (go to Environment directory)
pwd      (show path)
giganibatch animationname 1 250

to render stills stills

cd $ED      (go to Environment directory)
pwd      (show path)
gigbatch  stillname otherstillname 3rd_stillname

to render stuff which is in a different project than the current one

giganibatch -p otherprojectsname animation 1 100

to rename or renumber, use aniutil command (help is given automaticaly)


ls          (show what's in the current directory)
show bat*  (show everything starting with bat)
show *tif  (show everything ending with tif)
show *0001*   (show everything containing the string 0001)

GENERAL UNIX COMMANDS

dminfo (shows statistics of files like movies etc.)
fm -lbr (restarts windowmanager)

tar cf /location/filename.tar . (tars all files in present directory
       to directory and filename as stated)
tar xvf filename.tar (to open tar file)
gzip -g filename.tar (compresses the tar file)
chown gig.giguser * (sets all ownerships to gig and giguser group)
chown -R gig.giguser . (sets all ownerships to gig and giguser group)

chmod 666 * (sets all write permissions open)
control-c    (stops running command)
!! (repeats last command)
!3 (repeats the command on line 3)
mv logo.tif /usr/people/gig  (moves logo.tif to the directory /usr/people/gig)
mv batt* /usr/people/gig  (moves anything starting with batt to the given directory)
rm battest0001.tif     (removes chose file)
cd      (go to home directory)
cd ..   (go one direcory up)
df -k   (shows available disk space in kilobytes)
ls      (list current directory)
ls -al  (list current directory and give full details)
mv oldname newname (renames the file "oldname" to "newname")
mv filename /usr/people/fred  (moves the file "filename" to the directory "fred")
cp filename /usr/people/fred  (copies the file "filename" to the directory "fred")
cp -r directoryname /usr/people/fred (copies the directory "directoryname" with all its files to 
/usr/people/fred)
rm filename (removes the file "filename"
other forms of rm are possible but are dangerous to use for novices.