University of Texas at El Paso                                                            Computer Applications in the Geosciences                                                        Department of Geological Sciences
Computing Notes, Tips, & Tricks

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General Department Computing
Lab 1: Web Pages

Lab 2: UNIX Basics

Lab 3:  UNIX Continued......

Lab 4:  Word & Data Processing


Lab 5:  Presenting & Publishing

Lab 6:  Matlab
Lab 7:  GMT

Lab 8:  Fledermaus


Lab 9:  Surfer






















Reminders & How-to's

Mounting the class server:  geobase/GEO5215
  • PCs:
    • Start → My Computer → Tools menu →  Map Network Drive
    •  In Folder, enter: \\geobase\GEO5215
    • If prompted, enter your Miners login or username & password
    • Navigate to your own folder
  • Macs:
    • In your Finder Menu → Go → Connect to Server
    • Enter Server Address:  smb://geobase/GEO5215
    • Click Connect button
    • If prompted, enter your Miners login or username & password
    • Navigate to your own folder
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Navigating to your folder on geobase/GEO5215 in UNIX
  • PCs:
    • cd //geobase/GEO5215/userfolder
  • Macs:
    • cd /Volumes/GEO5215/userfolder
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FTPing (copying) files to www.geo.utep.edu/pub
    • For copying over a file or the contents of an entire directory, you can use "scp"
      • Use X11:  Applications → Utilities → X11 
      • To copy files from your immediate Web folder, "cd" to your /Web folder and type:
           
        • pwd                     (check to make sure that your are in /Web)  
        • scp  file_name  unixusername@www.geo.utep.edu:/pub/username/  
      • To copy files from a subdirectory in your Web folder, like "Computer_Class", type:
        • scp  -r Computer_class unixusername@www.geo.utep.edu:/pub/username/Computer_class 

    • For copying over few files into the same directory, you can use "sftp"
      • Use X11:  Applications → Utilities → X11 
      • At the prompt, type the following:
        • cd /Volumes/GEO5215/username/Web
        • sftp unixusername@www.geo.utep.edu
        • password:   (enter it)
        • cd /pub/unixusername  (change directories)
        • mput index.html      (puts your file in this ftp directory)
        • mput name_of_files   (or any other images or files you used)
        • ls                  (your new files should be listed now)
        • exit