samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCS) (08/04/90)
{Note: This list is a collection of capsule book reviews taken from the
comp.unix.questions newsgroup over the past couple of years -- the
opinions expressed are those of the original reviewers, who posted them to
c.u.q. -- I have NOT read all of these books, nor do I necessarily have
an opinion on them. I trust that the posters are expert enough to know
what they are/were talking about, however!
S.B.Bassett, Collector
Here is the list formatted in a somewhat organized fashion. I took
the liberty to add a few more books to the list (including Mark Horton's book
on Portable C). I also filled in quite a bit of the missing information on
the most of the books.
..mitch
mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright) | The Pentagon, 1A1056b | (202) 695-5060 }
-=-Start-of-List-=-
TITLE: Life With UNIX
AUTHOR: Libes, Don
CO-AUTHORS: Ressler, Sandy
SUBJECT: Introduction and Overview of UNIX
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1989, pp 350
ISBN: 0-13-536657-7
APPROX_COST: 30.95
KEYWORDS: Introduction, Overview
COMMENTS
- A comprehensive overview of UNIX. Major sections are:
UNIX in Time - Usual trash plus history of user groups,
universities, with a comprehensive "who's who" in
UNIX history. Present & Future deals with where
UNIX is now and where its going - companies,
standards and dialects are treated at length.
UNIX Information - How people really learn about UNIX.
Discussion of books, magazines, conferences, and, of
course, source code.
Inside UNIX - In-depth descriptions of UNIX from three
different perspectives - user, programmer and
adminstrator.
Outside UNIX - Third-party stuff. Discussions of how UNIX
has prospered/withered in face of real-world problems.
Underground - archives, USENET, public access UNIX,
GNU, MINIX, public-domain and/or free software, etc.
This book is quite unusual, not only because of its scope, but
because it prints things that have never appeared in print (for one
reason or another) - things that most people don't realize or find
until years after they have used UNIX. It is essentially a
"reading between the lines" of all the other UNIX manuals, books
and magazines. Lastly, "Life With UNIX" is chock full of amusing
UNIX stories and anecdotes, all designed to provide you with key
insights into why UNIX is the way it is. "Life with UNIX" is a
must book for UNIX beginners to UNIX gurus.
{ Best! Best! Best! Hooray -- loved it!!! S.B.Bassett }
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The UNIX Programming Environment
AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian W.
CO-AUTHORS: Pike, Rob
SUBJECT: Basic UNIX Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1984, pp 357
ISBN: 0-13-937699-2, paperback: 0-13-937681-X
APPROX_COST: 25.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: *Everyone*
COMMENTS
- This book is what I call a classic. Just buy it.
- a good programmer's introduction.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX System Programming
AUTHOR: Haviland, Keith
CO-AUTHORS: Salama, Ben
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
EDITION: 197, pp 339
ISBN: 0-201-12919-1
APPROX_COST: 27.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
Concentrates on the UNIX System call interface.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The Unix Environment
AUTHOR: Walker, A. N.
SUBJECT:
PUBLISHER:
EDITION:
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 26.95
COMMENTS
- An excellent user's introduction. I have a special affection for
this book, as it introduced me to the plural forms VAXen and Unices.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Introducing The UNIX System
AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry
CO-AUTHORS: Morgan, Rachel
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company
EDITION: 1983, pp 556
ISBN: 0-07-045001-3
APPROX_COST: 27.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
Introductory for the most part, but far more extensive than Gauthier's book.
There are two chapters on editors and two on text formatting that are the best
I have seen in this type book. There is even a chapter on system management.
I believe there may be a new edition of this book out that has been
substantially rewritten.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Shell Programming
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
CO-AUTHORS: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: Shell Programming
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
EDITION: 1985, pp 422
ISBN: 0-8104-6309-1
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: Bourne Shell, sh
COMMENTS
I own this book, but I rarely crack it open. I guess the main reason is that
I am still a Bourne-again shell user. For years I worked with a variety of
systems where one might find csh and/or ksh. However, /bin/sh was the only
common denominator. I find that most often I refer to Kernighan and Pike for
shell programming questions. However, they don't address the C Shell (csh) or
Korn Shell (ksh). This book does offer a chapter on each. In addition, this
book may be more suited for a beginner than an experienced UNIX programmer.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX, The Complete Reference
AUTHOR: Coffin, Stephen
SUBJECT: UNIX Reference
PUBLISHER: Osborne-McGraw Hill
EDITION: 1988, pp 704
ISBN: 0-07-881299-2
APPROX_COST: 24.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV, SYSVR3
COMMENTS
An inexpensive reference and guide to System V in a style
familiar to those from the micro world where OMH and QUE
have many best selling guides to Lotus, DOS, Word, etc.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: A Practical Guide to the Unix System
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G.
SUBJECT: UNIX Guide
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
EDITION: 1989, pp 700
ISBN: 0-8053-8910-5 LC 83-21069
APPROX_COST: 27.95
TITLE: Exploring the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
CO-AUTHORS: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
EDITION: 1984, pp 370
ISBN: 0-8104-6268-0
APPROX_COST: 22.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
KEYWORDS: Introduction
COMMENTS
A very good intro. book to UNIX. Has chapters on UNIX file system, Bourne
shell, vi, Program development, security, communications, and administration.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The UNIX C Shell Field Guide
AUTHOR: Anderson, Gail
CO-AUTHORS: Anderson, Paul
SUBJECT: C-Shell Guide
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1986, pp 374
ISBN: 0-13-937468-X
APPROX_COST: 31.00
KEYWORDS: C-shell, csh
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
I have heard this called the C-Shell Bible.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The Kornshell, Command and Programming Language
AUTHOR: Korn, David G.
CO-AUTHOR: Bolsky, Morris I.
SUBJECT: Korn shell programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1989, pp 356
ISBN: 0-13-516972-0
APPROX_COST: 30.00
KEYWORDS: ksh, SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
The book to have if you are beginning to learn the ksh.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Internetworking with TCP/IP
AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas
SUBJECT: Networking
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1988, pp 382
ISBN: 0-13-470154-2
APPROX_COST: 47.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
-- From back of book
This comprehensive book begins with a discussion of the TCP/IP technology and
the Internet in general terms, summarizing the services provided and the
history of their development.
The remainder of the book looks at the architecture of the Internet, the
TCP/IP technology, and the applications that use it in more detail. It
discusses the fundamentals of protocols like TCP/IP as well as showing how
they fit into the internet. In additon to providing details, the book
highlights the general principles underlying network protocols, and explains
why the TCP/IP protocols adapt easily to so many underlying network
technologies. Readers will find a brief summary of the network hardware used
throughout the Internet that focuses on the features of each technology that
are of primary importance to an Internet architect.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Networking
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
CO-AUTHORS: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: UNIX Networking
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books
EDITION: 1989, pp 400
ISBN: 0-672-48440-4
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: Networking, TCP, NFS
SUGGESTED_BY: Frank W. Peters <peters@apple!CC.MsState.Edu>
COMMENTS
An excellent book covering UUCP, TCP/IP, NFS, RPC, Streams, OSI, RFS, X11 and
NeWS (Sun's postscript based graphical protocol). Each chapter serves as an
excellent programmers introduction to the topic discussed."
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Network Programming
AUTHOR: Stevens, W. Richard
SUBJECT: UNIX Networking
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
EDITION: 1990
APPROX_COST: 40.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Richard Stevens ... { uunet | yale } ! hsi ! stevens
KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
(201) 767-5937 for fewer than 20 copies
(201) 592-2498 for corporate customers ordering 20 or more
(201) 767-5994 for Government orders
END-OF-KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
TITLE: UNIX System Administration Handbook
AUTHOR: Nemeth, Evi
CO-AUTHORS: Snyder, Garth; Seebass, Scott
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-933441-6
EDITION: 1989, pp 593
APPROX_COST: 32.00
UNIX_FLAVORS: BSD, SunOS
SUGGESTED_BY: Michael S. Cross <msc@ihc.att.com>
COMMENTS
{ I'm recommending it for all of the people who get workstations
from us, and for all of the User Services people here -- an
added plus is that the programs listed are available by
anonymous ftp from the authors' home system. S.B.Bassett }
The book does a pretty good job of explaining the differences
between the types of UNIX(R) systems and administering them. It's also
on the light or humorous side which is a definite plus.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: An Introduction to Berkeley Unix
AUTHOR: Wang, Paul
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company
EDITION: 1988, pp 512
ISBN: 0-534-08862-7
APPROX_COST: 36.75
UNIX_FLAVORS: BSD
COMMENTS
- If you need a BSD oriented book, then I don't think you would find a
more thorough introductory book.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: A Practical Guide to Sys V Unix
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark
SUBJECT: SYSV Guide
PUBLISHER: Benjamin Cummings
EDITION: 1985
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 32.25
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
TITLE: UNIX System V Bible
AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen
CO-AUTHORS: Martin, Donald
SUBJECT: SYSV Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Company
EDITION:
ISBN: 0-672-22562-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
COMMENTS
This is a comprehenisve reference for programmers working with the UNIX
operating system documentation, covering intermediate to advanced level
programming for professionals who have prior experience programming in C or
using UNIX.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Introducing UNIX System V
AUTHOR: Morgan, Rachel
CO-AUTHORS: McGilton, Henry
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
EDITION: 1987
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 24.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
COMMENTS
It gives the user a good working knowledge of a number of commands
and packages. I emphasize that it is a user book, by no means a
technical manual. I assume by the difficulty in getting it in these
parts that it is pretty popular.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Unix Communications
AUTHOR: Costales, Bryan
SUBJECT: Communication Reference
PUBLISHER: The Waite Group
EDITION: 1987, pp 542
ISBN: 0-672-22511-5
APPROX_COST: 26.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
KEYWORDS: UUCP, USENET
COMMENTS
Covers everything the end user needs to know about email, USENET
and UUCP.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Unix Administrations Guide for System V
AUTHOR: Thomas, R.
CO-AUTHORS: Farrow, R.
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1989
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 34.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: Lars Tunkrans
COMMENTS
Bought this book last week, seems to me to be the most
comprehensive and fact-packed book on the subject I've ever seen.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX for Super-Users
AUTHOR: Foxley, Eric
SUBJECT: Users Guide
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
EDITION: 1985, pp 213
ISBN: 0-201-14228-7
APPROX_COST: 27.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
TITLE: The UNIX System V Environment,
AUTHOR: Bourne, Steven R.
SUBJECT: Users Guide
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
EDITION: 1987 pp 378
ISBN: 0-201-18484-2
APPROX_COST: 26.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: Steen Hammerum
COMMENTS
{ Steen Hammerum Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen says:
"has been _very_ useful to me (proof: I'm on my second copy)"}
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The Design of the Unix Operating System
AUTHOR: Bach, Maurice J.
SUBJECT: Design of UNIX
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION:
ISBN: 0-13-201799-7
APPROX_COST: 47.20
KEYWORDS: SYSV, AT&T
COMMENTS
- is a good generic introduction to kernel operation. (System V)
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System
AUTHOR: Leffler, Samuel J.
CO-AUTHORS: McKusick, Marshall Kirk; Karels, Michael J.; Quarterman, John S.
SUBJECT: Design of BSD UNIX
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
EDITION: 1989, pp 471
ISBN: 0-201-06196-1
APPROX_COST: 39.00
KEYWORDS: Internals, Kernel
UNIX_FLAVORS: BSD, SunOS
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
These are the primary people who are responsible for 4.3 BSD.
--From back cover--
This book is the first authoritative description of the design and
implementation of the research version of the UNIX System developed at the
University of California at Berkeley. It covers the INTERNAL structure of the
4.3BSD system and the concetps, data structures, and algorithms used in
implementing the system facilites. The book also includes a chaper on the
implementation of TCP/IP -- a networking protocol suite widely implemented
throughout the world.
Both philosophical and design issues of 4.3BSD are discussed, as well as
details of the actual implementation. In most cases, the discussion starts at
the system-call level and descends from the interface to the kernel down to
the hardware itself. The kernel includes system facilities such as process
management, memory management, the I/O system, the filesystem, the socket IPC
mechanism, and network-protocol implementations.
The Design and Implemenation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System is an
in-depth study of a contemporary operating system. This book assumes that the
reader understands basic operating-system terminology and has some familiarity
with any version of the UNIX System and with the C programming language.
Therefor, this book is suitable for operating-system implementors, systems
programmers, and UNIX application developers.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Advanced UNIX: A Programmer's Guide
AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen
SUBJECT: Programming Guide
PUBLISHER: Howard W. Sams & Co.
EDITION: 1985, pp 484
ISBN: 0-067-22403-8.
APPROX_COST: 24.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
COMMENTS
- Prata assumes you know how to login and use an editor. It's very
good for shell programing.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Advanced UNIX Programming
AUTHOR: Rochkind, Marc J.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1985, pp 265
ISBN: 0-13-011818-4, paperback: 0-13-011800-1
APPROX_COST: 34.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
COMMENTS
- Rochkind is a former Bell Labs UNIX guru who wrote SCCS back in the
mid 70's. This book is exactly what the title states, basically an
extremely thorough treatment of programming using the UNIX System
Call Interface. System V, System III, V7, 4.2 BSD, and Xenix are
all discussed. The system calls are organized functionally into
chapters that cover file i/o, terminal i/o, process control,
interprocess communication, and miscellaneous calls. The opening
chapter is an overvview of fundamental concepts of UNIX. Anytime
I have a question on the usage of system calls I consult this book.
The only problem with it is that it needs to be updated per
System V Rel 3, 4.3 BSD and the efforts of Sun and AT&T to bring
SunOS and System V together as well as the efforts in the UNIX 386
world.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Tricks of the UNIX Masters
AUTHOR: Sage, Russel G.
SUBJECT: Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Co
EDITION: 1987, pp 400
ISBN: 0-672-22449-6.
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
- a "must add" to your list of UNIX books. For about $20, you'll get a
lot of nifty little tricks & tips you won't pick up unless you've got
a good UNIX guru to coach you. The style is relaxed & aimed at a bit
above the novice UNIX user (experienced programmer with sparse UNIX
exposure).
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Unix System Administration
AUTHOR: Fiedler, David
CO-AUTHORS: Hunter, Bruce H.
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books (Howard Sams & Co)
EDITION: 1986, pp 320
ISBN: 0-8104-6289-3
APPROX_COST: 24.94
KEYWORDS: Administration
TITLE: UNIX System: Readings and Applications
AUTHOR: AT&T
SUBJECT: Reference
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1987
ISBN: 013-938532-0 (v1) 013-939845-7 (v2)
APPROX_COST: 19.00 each
COMMENTS
Vol 1: UNIX Time-Sharing System
Vol.2: The UNIX System
- These two volumes are reprints of the two volumes of the Bell
Labs Technical Journal (now AT&T Tech J.) that were devoted to UNIX:
Vol. 57, No. 6, Part 2, July-August, 1987, and
Vol. 63, No. 8, October, 1984.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Programmers manual volumes 1&2
AUTHOR: Holt
CO-AUTHORS: Rinehart; Winston
SUBJECT: UNIX...
PUBLISHER: Bell Laboratories
EDITION:
ISBN: 0-03-061742-1 (v1), 0-03-061742-X (v2)
APPROX_COST:
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
TITLE: The C Programming Language, First Edition
AUTHOR: Kernigan, Brian W.
CO-AUTHORS: Ritchie, Dennis M.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1978. pp 228
ISBN: 0-13-110163-3
APPROX_COST: 27.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
The Original Bible of C programming
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The C Programming Language, Second Edition
AUTHOR: Kernigan, Brian W.
CO-AUTHORS: Ritchie, Dennis M.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1988, pp 272
ISBN: 0-13-110362-8
APPROX_COST: 28.00
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
The Bible of C programming
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: A Book on C
AUTHOR: Kelley, Al
CO-AUTHORS: Pohl, Ira
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.
EDITION: 1984, pp 362
ISBN: 0-8053-6860-4
APPROX_COST: 32.25
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
This is a book written with the beginning C programmer in mind.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: C Primer Plus Revised Edition
AUTHOR: Waite, Mitchell
CO-AUTHORS: Prata, Stephen; Martin, Donald
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Howard W. Samms & Company
EDITION: 1987, pp 558
ISBN: 0-672-22582-4
APPROX_COST: 23.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
An excellent beginners guide to C programming. I found out about this book
through a vendor's training class on C, where they used it as the textbook.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Advanced C Programming for Displays
AUTHOR: Rochkind, Marc J.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1988, pp 265
ISBN: 0-13-011800-1
APPROX_COST: 31.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
Covers Character Displays, Windows, and Keyboards for UNIX and MS-DOS.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: C: A Reference Manual, 2nd Edition
AUTHOR: Harbison, Samuel P.
CO-AUTHORS: Steele Jr., Guy L.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1987, pp 404
ISBN: 0-13-109810-1, paperback: 0-13-109802-0
APPROX_COST: 31.95
COMMENTS
An excellent book on C. It is not really an introductory level book, and is a
great companion to K&R (2nd Ed.). Both this book and K&R (2nd Ed.) cover the
draft-proposed ANSI standards. Where H&S really stands out is in the sections
that cover the UNIX library calls. If you have ever struggled with any of
printf or scanf family of library calls in trying to figure out the conversion
rules in the format string, this book is the answer.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Numerical Recipes in C, The Art of Scientific Computing
AUTHOR: Press, William H.
CO-AUTHORS: Flannery, Brian; Teukolsky, Saul; Vetterling, William
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
EDITION: 1988, pp 735
ISBN: 0-521-35465-X
APPROX_COST: 44.50
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
". . . it is the one book to buy if you are going to have to solve anything
numerically on a computer." - Dr. Dobb's Journal
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Efficient C
AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas
CO-AUTHORS: Brodie, Jim
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Plum Hall
EDITION: 1985, pp 150
ISBN: 0-911537-05-8
APPROX_COST: 25.00
COMMENTS
This is a useful book. Portability is one aspect of programming in C.
Efficiency is the other. Many use C because it allows them the freedom to tie
the programs down to the hardware in order to run efficiently. This book is an
excellent guide and when combined with Jon Bentley's book on writting
efficient programs gives one an excellent background in measuring programs and
fine tuning them.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Notes on the Draft C Standard
AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Plum Hall
EDITION: 1987, pp 92
ISBN: 0-911537-06-6
APPROX_COST: 10.00
COMMENTS
Tom Plum is the Vice Chair of the ANSI X3J11 committee, so who better to write
this book than he? However, as with any of the other C books that treat the
ANSI C Standard, it does not cover the Standard in it's final form due to the
fact that it has yet to be adopted. However, the price is about $10, so it
makes a good pickup to keep informed about the standard and how it differs
from K&R C.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The C Programmer's Handbook
AUTHOR: Bolsky, Morris I.
SUBJECT: Reference
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1985, pp 84
ISBN: 0-13-110073-4
APPROX_COST: 22.95
COMMENTS
This is a handbook for experience programmers, not a book for reading.
Information is intended as a quickie reference and is not that detailed.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The C Puzzle Book: Puzzles for the C Programming Language, 2nd Ed.
AUTHOR: Feuer, Alan R.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1982, pp 173
ISBN: 0-13-109934-5 paperback: 0-13-109926-4
APPROX_COST: 26.00
COMMENTS
Exactly what the title indicates. The puzzles are organized by chapter: basic
arithmetic operators, assignment operators, logic and increment operators,
bitwise operators, relational and conditional operators, operator precedence
and evaluation. The answers for all of the puzzles are also provided. This
is an excellent way to learn some of the more advanced expressions that can be
concocted with C.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The C Answer Book
AUTHOR: Tondo, Clovis L.
CO-AUTHORS: Gimpel, Scott E.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1985, pp 209
ISBN: 0-13-109877-2
APPROX_COST: 21.00
KEYWORDS: K&R answers
COMMENTS
This book provides the answers to the exercises found in K&R. I believe that
a second edition of this book has also been recently published corresponding
with the 2nd edition of K&R.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: C Traps and Pitfalls
AUTHOR: Koenig, Andrew
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
EDITION: 1988, pp 147
ISBN: 0-201-17928-8
APPROX_COST: 17.50
COMMENTS
Andrew published a BTL Technical Memorandum by this title several years back.
Later it was published as a Technical Report. It has now been expanded into a
book. I read the TR and it was excellent. I just recently finished the book
and would recommend it to anyone who uses C.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Portable C and UNIX System Programming
AUTHOR: Lapin, J.E.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION: 1987, pp 249
ISBN: 0-13-686494-5
APPROX_COST:
KEYWORDS: Portable
COMMENTS
A useful book, mostly because there are no others written on this topic, yet...
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Portable C Software
AUTHOR: Horton, Mark
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
EDITION: 1990, pp 400
ISBN: 0-13-868050-7
APPROX_COST: 32.95
COMMENTS:
>From the back jacket:
Portable C Software is designed for professional programmers and
students who want to write portable C code between System V
implementations, POSIX, MS DOS, and other operating systems.
Assuming a working knowledge of C, this book addresses and rates
each feature of the C software environment. Shell commands, system
calls, external variables, and macros are discussed and examined
in detail.
The author provides an advanced introduction to C, describes how
best to write portable software, examines what not to do, discusses
common mistakes, and includes an invaluable portability reference
manual. In this extensive manual, the author rates the portability
of the following
o subroutines available in C libraries
o operating system calls
o header include files
o predefined variables in the C library
o UNIX(R) system shell commands
Portable C Software offers concise, current coverage of C, and
will be an important reference for anyone who writes C programs.
Of the nearly 400 pages, about 250 are reference material. Some of it
is fairly detailed. If you find any errors, or have any suggestions for
the next edition, please drop me a note at
Mark.Horton@ATT.COM
Thanks to everyone who made helpful suggestions or otherwise contributed
to the book.
Mark
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Software Engineering in C.
AUTHOR: Darnell, Peter
CO-AUTHORS: et al.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag
EDITION: 1988
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 29.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma@rodan.acs.syr.edu
COMMENTS
One of the finest books I have seen for beginners. Highly recommended even for
intermediate-level C programmers.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Data Structures and C Programs.
AUTHOR: Van Wyk, Christopher
SUBJECT: C programming
EDITION: 1988
ISBN:
APPROX_COST: 41.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma@rodan.acs.syr.edu
KEYWORDS: C, Data Structures
COMMENTS
The author is from Bell Labs and this is also one of my favorite books for
learing C programming with different kinds of data structures."
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Papers for UNIX Developers & Power Users
AUTHOR: The Waite Group Editors - edited by Mitchell Waite
SUBJECT: UNIX Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard W. Sams & Co
EDITION: 1987 pp 518
ISBN: 0-672-22578-6
APPROX_COST: 26.95
COMMENTS
This is a collection of papers. Some of the them are introductions and others
cover more arcane bits of knowledge.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Writing a Unix Device Driver
AUTHOR: Egan, Janet I.
CO-AUTHORS: Teixeira, Thomas J.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons.
EDITION: 1988, pp 357
ISBN: 0-471-62811-5, paperback: 0-471-62859-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: BSD, Xenix
TITLE: (no title given)
AUTHOR: (no author given)
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER:
EDITION: 19??, pp 297
ISBN: 0-8359-8164-9, paperback: 0-8359-8162-2
APPROX_COST:
COMMENTS
Introductory level book, extremely basic and easy reading. I read this on a
plane trip between Newark, NJ and Columbus, OH before I ever worked seriously
with UNIX. Unlike, Rebecca Thomas and Jean Yates Tutorial style book this one
does not require you to be sitting down in front of a crt in order to derive
benefit from it.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Unix for People
AUTHOR: Birns, Peter
CO-AUTHORS: Brown, P.; Muster John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
EDITION:
ISBN: 0-13-937442-6
APPROX_COST: 28.00
TITLE: Unix Power Utilities for Power Users
AUTHOR: Muster, John
CO-AUTHORS: Birns, Peter
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: MIS Press
EDITION: 1989, pp 420
ISBN: 1-55828-000-6
APPROX_COST: 24.95
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COMMENTS
- From Page 2...
Overview of Contents
If you have the ability to log on the system, create, move, copy and remove
files, create and change directories, and issue basic shell commands, you will
be able to complete the exercises in these modules.
If you are more experienced, you may be able to proceed quickly through part
or all of Modules 2 and 3, and the introductory steps to several of the other
modules.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The AWK Programming Language
AUTHOR: Aho, Al
CO-AUTHORS: Kernighan, Brian; Weinberger, Peter
SUBJECT: AWK Programming
PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley
EDITION: 1988, pp 210
ISBN: 0-201-07981-X LC 87-17566
APPROX_COST: 23.75
TITLE: UNIX System Security
AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H.
CO-AUTHORS: Kochan, Stephen G.
SUBJECT: Security
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
EDITION: 1985, pp 299
ISBN: 0-8104-6267-2
APPROX_COST: 34.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
-- From back cover
Here is a practical guide to computer security on the UNIX system for the
user, administrator, or potential UNIX system buyer. It will teach you
everything you need to know ot make your system secure and keep it that way.
Topics covered include:
- file and directory permissions
- password security
- how the setuid/gid permissions work and how to use them
- how the various security-related UNIX commands and functions work
- how to write secure programs
- different methods of data encryption -- including the government
standard DES algorithm -- and how secure they are
- data encryption over communication networks
- how to discover and plug potential security holes in your system
- how to periodically monitor your system to maintain security
Also included is the complete source for several security auditing and
administration programs.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: The UNIX Text Processing System
AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare
SUBJECT: Text Processing
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
EDITION: 1987, pp 250
ISBN: 0-471-85581-2
APPROX_COST: 24.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
I have found this to be a very good guide to nroff, and the -mm macros. It also
covers the -ms macros, vi, eqn, tbl, refer, and pic
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: UNIX Text Processing
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
CO-AUTHORS: O'Reilly, Tim
SUBJECT: Text Processing
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books
EDITION: 1987, pp 665
ISBN: 0-672-46291-5
APPROX_COST: 26.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
This is a MUST for all [nt]roff users.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Typesetting Tables on the UNIX System
AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry
CO-AUTHORS: McNabb, Mary
SUBJECT: Using the 'tbl' utility
PUBLISHER: Trilithon Press, 334 State St., Ste. 106 Los Altos CA 94022
EDITION: 1990, pp 283
ISBN: 0-9626289-0-5
APPROX_COST: 20.00
KEYWORDS: What the manual _should_ have been
COMMENTS
From the back cover:
Reviewers said: "You're a pair of lunatics!" -- James Gosling, Sun Micro
"Good Grief!" -- Ken Greer, Elan Computer Group, Inc.
"Three Hundred Pages on TBL?!?" -- Prof. Powell, U. Minn
I (S.B.Bassett) rather agree, but I wish there were more lunatics like
these two, who would do a thorough job of documenting the workings of
various cryptic, arcane, and downright quirky UNIX utilities for the
benefit of those of us without source . . .
I actually enjoyed reading this -- Henry sent me a complimentary copy in
the hopes that I would review it here (thanks, Henry, I did), and I
figured out why I had so much trouble with 'tbl' on a former job -- I'd
have paid several times the price for a copy of this 2 years ago. Too
bad I'm not doing tech writing any more . . . ;^)
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Using C on the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Curry, David A.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1989, pp 232
ISBN: 0-937175-23-4
APPROX_COST: 24.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
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COMMENTS
This is a must for the Beginning UNIX programmer.
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Using UUCP and USENET
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1986, pp 91
ISBN: 0-937175-010-2
APPROX_COST: 17.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
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END-OF-KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
TITLE: Managing UUCP and USENET
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
CO-AUTHORS: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1986, pp 107
ISBN: 0-937175-09-9
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
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TITLE: Managing Projects with Make
AUTHOR: Talbot, Steve
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 77
ISBN: 0-937175-04-8
APPROX_COST: 9.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
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TITLE: Understanding and Using COFF
AUTHOR: Gircys, Gintaras R.
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 176
ISBN: 0-937175-31-5
APPROX_COST: 21.95
UNIX_FLAVORS: SYSV
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
KNOWN_SUPPLIERS
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COMMENTS
--From back cover
This handbook explains the COFF data structure and its manipulation.
Contents include:
- The basics of COFF
- Assembley code relocation process
- COFF file headers
- Relocation structures
- The linking process
- The COFF system in UNIX
- Magic numbers
- The COFF symbolic debug system
- COFF and shared libraries
- Utilities and techniques for working with COFF files
- A sample program to manipulate COFF
END-OF-COMMENTS
TITLE: Programming with Curses
AUTHOR: Strang, John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1986, pp 71
ISBN: 0-937175-02-1
APPROX_COST: 9.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Reading and Writing Termcap Entries
AUTHOR: Strang, John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1986, pp 71
ISBN: 0-937175-02-1
APPROX_COST: 9.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: !%@:: A Guide to Electronic Mail Addressing
AUTHOR: Frey, Donnalyn
CO-AUTHOR: Adams, Rick
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1989, pp 284
ISBN: 0-937175-93-0
APPROX_COST: 26.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (BSD)
AUTHOR:
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1987, pp 270
ISBN: 0-937175-20-X
APPROX_COST: 19.50
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (System V)
AUTHOR:
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1987, pp 270
ISBN: 0-937175-19-6
APPROX_COST: 19.50
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Learning the vi Editor
AUTHOR: Lamb, Linda
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 150
ISBN: 0-937175-17-X
APPROX_COST: 15.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Learning the UNIX Operating System
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1987, pp 76
ISBN: 0-937175-16-1
APPROX_COST: 9.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: DOS Meets UNIX
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
CO-AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 134
ISBN: 0-937175-21-8
APPROX_COST: 15.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Checking C programs with lint
AUTHOR: Darwin
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 72
ISBN: 0-937175-30-7
APPROX_COST: 12.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: termcap and terminfo
AUTHOR: Strang, John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
EDITION: 1988, pp 248
ISBN: 0-937175-22-6
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Threads of a New System
AUTHOR: Rashid, Richard
SUBJECT: Introduction to Mach
PUBLISHER: -- UNIX Review Mag. --
EDITION: August 1986
UNIX_FLAVORS: Mach
KEYWORDS: NeXT
COMMENTS
- an excellent introduction to the design of Mach, the sort-of
object-oriented Unix which runs on the NeXT machine.
END-OF-COMMENTS
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