djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) (12/05/89)
Sorry if this is a little "light" for this group, but my small staff is preparing for a switch to a BSD 4.3 Unix system, and needs advice on some decent books to guide us through some of the basics. We're experienced in MSDOS, Primos and CDC's NOS, but only two of us have dabbled in Unix so far, and that just enough to use rn and mail! There's only one C programmer among us, so we need to start a bit lower than "Operating System Design". Mostly, we do applications programming, but we've got a "familiarity" hurdle to overcome before we can even get proficient at that on this new machine (actually, an old VAX, but that's another story...). What do you think about Mark G. Sobell's "A Practical Guide To The Unix System"? This is the kind of book I think we're shooting for. Any and all suggestions will be gladly received; pump your *own* book, if you like!! "Moby" Dick O'Connor ** DISCLAIMER: It would Washington Department of Fisheries ** surprise me if the Olympia, Washington 98504 ** rest of the Department Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.u.washington.edu ** agreed with any of this!