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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.432 EAN: 9780764579943 ISBN: 0764579940 Label: Wrox Manufacturer: Wrox Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: April 29, 2005 Publisher: Wrox Studio: Wrox Sales Rank: 461761 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: * Covering all aspects of the Unix operating system and assuming no prior knowledge of Unix, this book begins with the fundamentals and works from the ground up to some of the more advanced programming techniques * The authors provide a wealth of real-world experience with the Unix operating system, delivering actual examples while showing some of the common misconceptions and errors that new users make ? Special emphasis is placed on the Apple Mac OS X environment as well as Linux, Solaris, and migrating from Windows to Unix * A unique conversion section of the book details specific advice and instructions for transitioning Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux users Average Rating:
 Rating:  - great and timeless Unix information hereThis review first appeared in the AZTCS journal. When I glanced at this book, my first question was, "Who are these guys on the cover?" Before scanning the contents and index, my usual first step in examining a new book, I searched for the cover credits. I found none. I use the term Unix as the authors use the term, to designate all Unix based systems including Linux, Solaris, OSX, and the BSDs as well as Unix. The 400+ page paperback book is divided into ... Read More Rating:  - Try another bookHere are a bunch of problems I discovered with this book(I had to omit half of them because of amazon's 1000 word limit for reviews): 1) Links (p.63) There are some contradictory statements in this section. I found a website that does a good job of explaining hard links v. soft links, and it uses diagrams. Why didn't the authors use diagrams? 2) Deleting Files (p.73) The authors say the rm command(remove) has a -f option that will remove a file without prompting ... Read More Rating: - from rags to richesi'me new to unix. when i started reading this book i thought what a waste of money but after completing chapter 2 and reading through chapter 3 i realized that it was a gem in disguise. i still haven't finished reading it because i'me reviewing it about 3 weeks after i got it, but i have been messing around knoppix and now, i installed FreeBsd and currently all the examples in the book work. i feel comfortable. By the way, the examples at the end of the book make it somewhat of a school text and it gives ... Read More Rating: - Great book for Beginners to Unix/Linux/Mac OS XGreat book for beginners to the Unix/Linux or Mac OS X operating system. The two appendices with the conversion from Mac (both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9) to Unix and Windows to Unix is helpful for those who are used to working with Windows or Mac and want to transfer their knowledge of those operating systems to the Unix/Linux world. These sections identify the fundamentals of the operating systems and how they are similar to Unix/Linux. There is also information on the different programs that are similar between ... Read More Rating: - Beginning UnixThis is the third book that I have bought on Unix and by far the best. It not only gives you the UNIX commands, it also goes into a brief and concise background to the commands, which is very practical. I found the explication on cron very clear and thorough which I could not find anywhere else. Keep up the good work and let me know when you finish your next book. Browse for similar items by category:
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