jmf@cs.brown.edu (Justin Ferrari) (04/23/91)
I am interested in buying a book on UNIX programming, but today I went to the bookstore and was overwhelmed. I didn't realize that there would be so many books on the subject. Some of the books definitely looked better than others, but many looked comparable. So I figured I'd ask some experts. I'd like some recommendations for the best book on UNIX programming. It would also be nice if the book contained an overview of UNIX. I don't just want a reference manual. thanx a lot.... # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Justin "got a flame/burns inside # # Ferrari '91 if you dont wanna burn/just walk on by # # and the pain/you're feeling now # # jmf@cs.brown.edu is nothing compared/to the pleasure i hide" # # --'devil's plaything', DANZIG # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) (04/23/91)
jmf@cs.brown.edu (Justin Ferrari) writes: >I am interested in buying a book on UNIX programming, [...] For my money, Kernighan and Pike's "The UNIX Programming Environment" is still one of the best - even though it's slightly dated, it touches very subtly on the crucial issues of developing things under UNIX: many texts I have seen take the approach of "This is how you hack everything in C under UNIX" which is the wrongwrongwrong way to do things. There's nothing so tasteless in K&P as blather about "UNIX philosophy", but it's written with a very practical eye, and a very "UNIX-like" approach. (are you surprised?) mjr.
root@salespro.raidernet.com (Doug Morse) (04/25/91)
In article <73118@brunix.UUCP>, jmf@cs.brown.edu (Justin Ferrari) writes: > I am interested in buying a book on UNIX programming, but > today I went to the bookstore and was overwhelmed. I didn't > realize that there would be so many books on the subject. > Some of the books definitely looked better than others, but > many looked comparable. > I higly recommend the Waite Group's _Advance UNIX - A Programmer's Guide_. It has a great number of tricks for programmining in UNIX, but starts at a very easy, pratical level. ||||||||||||| SALESPRO International Doug Morse ||||||||||||| Two Brentwood Commons ||||||||||||| 750 Old Hickory Blvd. #150 ..uunet!raidernet!salespro!doug ||||||||||||| Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027 ||||||||||||| 615.371.6187 615.371.6196 Fax doug@salespro.raidernet.com
jrc@brainiac.mn.org (Jeffrey Comstock) (04/25/91)
In article <73118@brunix.UUCP> jmf@cs.brown.edu (Justin Ferrari) writes: >I am interested in buying a book on UNIX programming, but >today I went to the bookstore and was overwhelmed. I didn't >realize that there would be so many books on the subject. >Some of the books definitely looked better than others, but >many looked comparable. > >So I figured I'd ask some experts. I'd like some recommendations >for the best book on UNIX programming. It would also be nice if >the book contained an overview of UNIX. I don't just want a >reference manual. > >thanx a lot.... The book 'Unix Network Programming' by W. Richard Stevens is pretty interesting. There is much source code in the book, although someone pointed out that it is for example only - error checking is minimal. Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-949876-1 -- Jeffrey R. Comstock
cgd@Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) (04/26/91)
About the Stevens book - remember - it's a networking book, so it might not be what you're looking for... It doesn't really do much with non-networking stuff... But, in my opinion, for networking, it's a *GREAT* book...
silverio@cass (Brian Silverio) (04/26/91)
The last time this subject came us the following was posted. I am not the author/compiler of the list. His comments follow ------- Since there has been yet another "what book ...." thread, it's time Yet Another Book List to be posted. The list has changed slightly (yes! again) but I think it is for the better (unless I hear a better suggestion). The format has changed to make it darn right trivial to convert to bib format or any other for that matter. I have also put the list into alphabetical order. For complaints, kudos, suggestions, corrections, additions, donations, ... drop me an E-mail note -- mitch@oz.com. TITLE: !%@:: A Guide to Electronic Mail Addressing AUTHOR: Frey, Donnalyn AUTHOR: Adams, Rick SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1989 PAGES: 284 ISBN: 0-937175-93-0 APPROX_COST: 26.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: (no title given) AUTHOR: (no author given) SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX PUBLISHER: DATE: 19?? PAGES: 297 ISBN: 0-8359-8164-9, paperback: 0-8359-8162-2 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. TITLE: The AWK Programming Language AUTHOR: Aho, Al AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian AUTHOR: Weinberger, Peter SUBJECT: AWK Programming PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley DATE: 1988 PAGES: 210 ISBN: 0-201-07981-X LC 87-17566 APPROX_COST: 23.75 TITLE: Advanced C Programming for Displays AUTHOR: Rochkind, Marc J. SUBJECT: Programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1988 PAGES: 265 ISBN: 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. 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 KEYWORDS: 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. TITLE: Advanced UNIX: A Programmer's Guide AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen SUBJECT: Programming Guide PUBLISHER: Howard W. Sams & Co. DATE: 1985 PAGES: 484 ISBN: 0-067-22403-8. APPROX_COST: 24.95 KEYWORDS: SYSV COMMENTS Prata assumes you know how to login and use an editor. It's very good for shell programing. TITLE: BSD 4.3 Manual Set AUTHOR: University of California Berkeley SUBJECT: 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System DATE: June 1988 PAGES: ISBN: APPROX_COST: 60.00/set SUGGESTED_BY: An anonymous BSD zealot KNOWN_SUPPLIERS: Printed by the USENIX Association as a service to the UNIX Comm. COMMENTS This is a must for programmers, administrator, and users alike. If you are in contact with the BSD UNIX Operating system, YOU need these manuals! Kudos to the boys at Cory and Evans! TITLE: A Book on C AUTHOR: Kelley, Al AUTHOR: Pohl, Ira SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. DATE: 1984 PAGES: 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. TITLE: The C Answer Book AUTHOR: Tondo, Clovis L. AUTHOR: Gimpel, Scott E. SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1985 PAGES: 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. TITLE: C Primer Plus Revised Edition AUTHOR: Waite, Mitchell AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen AUTHOR: Martin, Donald SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Howard W. Samms & Company DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: The C Programmer's Handbook AUTHOR: Bolsky, Morris I. SUBJECT: Reference PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1985 PAGES: 84 ISBN: 0-13-110073-4 APPROX_COST: 22.95 KEYWORDS: C Programming 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. TITLE: The C Programming Language, First Edition AUTHOR: Kernigan, Brian W. AUTHOR: Ritchie, Dennis M. SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1978 PAGES: 228 ISBN: 0-13-110163-3 APPROX_COST: 27.00 KEYWORDS: C, UNIX, K&R C SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> COMMENTS ** The Original Bible of C programming ** "... a book that ocntains a tutorial introduction to get new userss started as soon as possible, separate chapters on major features and a reference manual" TITLE: The C Programming Language, Second Edition AUTHOR: Kernigan, Brian W. AUTHOR: Ritchie, Dennis M. SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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 TITLE: The C Puzzle Book: Puzzles for the C Programming Language, 2nd Ed. AUTHOR: Feuer, Alan R. SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1982 PAGES: 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. TITLE: C Traps and Pitfalls AUTHOR: Koenig, Andrew SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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. TITLE: The C and Unix Dictionary AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare SUBJECT: Definitions of terms PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 216 ISBN: 0-471-60929-3, 0-471-60931-5 (pbk) APPROX_COST: 24.95 COMMENTS Definitions of over 1000 terms in the C and Unix lexicon. TITLE: C: A Reference Manual, 2nd Edition AUTHOR: Harbison, Samuel P. AUTHOR: Steele Jr., Guy L. SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Checking C programs with lint AUTHOR: Darwin SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 72 ISBN: 0-937175-30-7 APPROX_COST: 12.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Compiler Design in C AUTHOR: Holub, Allen I. SUBJECT: Compiler Design PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1990 PAGES: 924 ISBN:0-13-155045-4 KEYWORDS: C Compilers, YACC SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com> COMMENTS Great book! And lots of source examples to boot. -=-End-of-List-=- TITLE: DOS Meets UNIX AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 134 ISBN: 0-937175-21-8 APPROX_COST: 15.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Data Structures and C Programs. AUTHOR: Van Wyk, Christopher SUBJECT: C programming DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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." TITLE: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System AUTHOR: Leffler, Samuel J. AUTHOR: McKusick, Marshall Kirk AUTHOR: Karels, Michael J. AUTHOR: Quarterman, John S. SUBJECT: Design of BSD UNIX PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1989 PAGES: 471 ISBN: 0-201-06196-1 APPROX_COST: 39.00 KEYWORDS: Internals, Kernel, BSD 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. Therefore, this book is suitable for operating-system implementors, systems programmers, and UNIX application developers. TITLE: The Design of the Unix Operating System AUTHOR: Bach, Maurice J. SUBJECT: Design of UNIX PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: PAGES: ISBN: 0-13-201799-7 APPROX_COST: 47.20 KEYWORDS: SYSV, AT&T COMMENTS A good generic introduction to kernel operation. (System V) TITLE: Efficient C AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas AUTHOR: Brodie, Jim SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Plum Hall DATE: 1985 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Exploring the UNIX system AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G. AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H. SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company DATE: 1984 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Internetworking with TCP/IP AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas SUBJECT: Networking PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Introducing The UNIX System AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry AUTHOR: Morgan, Rachel SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company DATE: 1983 PAGES: 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. ... a later edition of this book was targeted specifically to System V. -- Henry TITLE: Introducing UNIX System V AUTHOR: Morgan, Rachel CO-AUTHORS: McGilton, Henry SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill DATE: 1987 PAGES: ISBN: APPROX_COST: 24.95 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. TITLE: An Introduction to Berkeley Unix AUTHOR: Wang, Paul SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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. TITLE: The Kornshell, Command and Programming Language AUTHOR: Korn, David G. AUTHOR: Bolsky, Morris I. SUBJECT: Korn shell programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1989 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Learning the UNIX Operating System AUTHOR: Todino, Grace SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1987 PAGES: 76 ISBN: 0-937175-16-1 APPROX_COST: 9.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Learning the vi Editor AUTHOR: Lamb, Linda SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 150 ISBN: 0-937175-17-X APPROX_COST: 15.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Life With UNIX AUTHOR: Libes, Don AUTHOR: Ressler, Sandy SUBJECT: Introduction and Overview of UNIX PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1989 PAGES: 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 } TITLE: Managing Projects with Make AUTHOR: Talbot, Steve SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 77 ISBN: 0-937175-04-8 APPROX_COST: 9.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Managing UUCP and USENET AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim AUTHOR: Todino, Grace SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1986 PAGES: 107 ISBN: 0-937175-09-9 APPROX_COST: 21.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Notes on the Draft C Standard AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Plum Hall DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Numerical Recipes in C, The Art of Scientific Computing AUTHOR: Press, William H. AUTHOR: Flannery, Brian AUTHOR: Teukolsky, Saul AUTHOR: Vetterling, William SUBJECT: C Programming PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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 TITLE: Operating Systems, Design and Implementation AUTHOR: Tanenbaum, Andrew S. SUBJECT: OS Design PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1987 PAGES: 719 ISBN: 0-13-637406-9 APPROX_COST: 40.00 KEYWORDS: MINIX, UNIX SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com> COMMENTS -- From back cover -- o Covers the fundamental principles in detail including processes, interporcess communication, semaphores, monitors, message passing, remote procedure call, scheduling algorithms input/output, deadlocks, device drivers, memory management, paging algorithms, file system design, network file servers, atomic transactions, security, and protection mechanisms. o discusses one system -- MINIX, a UNIXX-compatible operating system -- in detail to illustrate the principles. o provides a complete source code listing of MINIX for study. TITLE: Operating System Design, The XINU approach AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas SUBJECT: OS Design Publisher: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1984 PAGES: 486 ISBN: 0-13-637539-1 APPROX_COST: $39.95 SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com> COMMENTS: -- From back cover -- In this book, Douglas Comer, dispels the magic from operating system design and consolidates the body of material into a systematic discipline... The author guides you through the construction of a conventional process-based system, using practical straightforward primitives... TITLE: Portable C Software AUTHOR: Horton, Mark SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall DATE: 1990 PAGES: 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 TITLE: Portable C and UNIX System Programming AUTHOR: Lapin, J.E. SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1987 PAGES: 249 ISBN: 0-13-686494-5 KEYWORDS: Portable C COMMENTS A useful book, mostly because there are no others written on this topic, yet... TITLE: A Practical Guide to Sys V Unix AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark SUBJECT: SYSV Guide PUBLISHER: Benjamin Cummings DATE: 1985 PAGES: ISBN: APPROX_COST: 32.25 TITLE: A Practical Guide to the Unix System AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G. SUBJECT: UNIX Guide PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co. DATE: 1989 PAGES: 700 ISBN: 0-8053-8910-5 LC 83-21069 APPROX_COST: 27.95 TITLE: Programming with Curses AUTHOR: Strang, John SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1986 PAGES: 71 ISBN: 0-937175-02-1 APPROX_COST: 9.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Reading and Writing Termcap Entries AUTHOR: Strang, John SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1986 PAGES: 71 ISBN: 0-937175-02-1 APPROX_COST: 9.00 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Software Engineering in C. AUTHOR: Darnell, Peter AUTHOR: et. al. SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag DATE: 1988 PAGES: 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. TITLE: Software Tools AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian W. AUTHOR: Plauger, P. J. SUBJECT: How to write programs that make good tools. PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1976 PAGES: 338 ISBN: 0-201-03669-X APPROX_COST: $20.00 KEYWORDS: programming, top-down design, software engineering. COMMENTS The language used is RATFOR but it looks enough like C to be used by anyone who knows or is learning C. The book purports to contain generic examples that might be on any system; the reader will recognise many similarities to UNIX. Several UNIX-like commands and features are discussed in detail. Many UNIX design considerations and philosophies are explained. TITLE: Termcap and Terminfo AUTHOR: Strang, John SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 248 ISBN: 0-937175-22-6 APPROX_COST: 21.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Tricks of the UNIX Masters AUTHOR: Sage, Russel G. SUBJECT: Reference PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Co DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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). 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 DATE: 1990 PAGES: 283 ISBN: 0-9626289-0-5 APPROX_COST: 20.00 KEYWORDS: Typesetting, tbl, troff 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 . . . ;^) TITLE: The UNIX C Shell Field Guide AUTHOR: Anderson, Gail AUTHOR: Anderson, Paul SUBJECT: C-Shell Guide PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1986 PAGES: 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. TITLE: UNIX Curses Explained AUTHOR: Goodheart, Berny SUBJECT: Complete Curses and Terminfo reference PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1990 PAGES: 304 ISBN: 0-13-931957-3 SUGGESTED_BY: goodheart_berny@tandem.com KEYWORDS: Introduction, Overview, Curses COMMENTS This is a complete text and reference book on UNIX Curses. It provides C programmers and UNIX users with the expertise to create, install and debug, Curses written applications and terminfo description files using the UNIX System V.3 Operating System. Will enable any C programmer to create UNIX Curses or terminfo based programs. The text is based on UNIX System V.3 and refers to earlier releases where appropriate. In text examples on: using Curses; using Windows; color manipulation; using an alternative character set; pads; and terminfo. The book includes a full alphabetical reference section (120pp) documenting all curses functions from both past and present versions of the UNIX operating system. An appendix with terminfo reference tables for both the terminfo description designer and the C programmer. TITLE: UNIX Network Programming AUTHOR: Stevens, W. Richard SUBJECT: UNIX Networking PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall DATE: 1990 PAGES: 772 ISBN: 0-13-949876-1 EDITION: 1990 APPROX_COST: 40.00 KEYWORDS: TCP/IP, XNS, SNA, NetBIOS, OSI, UUCP 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 COMMENTS -- From back cover As networking software becomes increasingly importat in today's world, a book that teaches programmers how to write and how better to use this technology has finally arrived. ... is unique because it includes numerous case studies of real network applications, as well as approximately 15,000 lines of C source code, take directly from their source files, to help further understanding of networking software. [ Source is available for anon. ftp at uunet.uu.net ~mitch ] TITLE: UNIX Networking AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G. AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H. SUBJECT: UNIX Networking PUBLISHER: Hayden Books DATE: 1989 PAGES: 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." 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 DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: UNIX Programmers manual volumes 1&2 AUTHOR: Holt AUTHOR: Rinehart; Winston SUBJECT: UNIX... PUBLISHER: Bell Laboratories DATE: PAGES: ISBN: 0-03-061742-1 (v1), 0-03-061742-X (v2) APPROX_COST: TITLE: The UNIX Programming Environment AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian W. AUTHOR: Pike, Rob SUBJECT: Basic UNIX Programming PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall YEAR: 1984 PAGES: 357 ISBN: 0-13-937699-2, paperback: 0-13-937681-X APPROX_COST: 25.95 SUGGESTED_BY: *Everyone* COMMENTS This book is what I call a classic. Just buy it. a good programmer's introduction. TITLE: UNIX SVR4, The Complete Reference AUTHOR: Coffin, Stephen SUBJECT: UNIX Reference PUBLISHER: Osborne-McGraw Hill DATE: 1990 PAGES: 882 ISBN: 0-07-881653-X APPROX_COST: 29.95 SUGGESTED_BY: S.Coffin <scoffin@uswest.com> COMMENTS An update, revision, expansion, and overall improvement of the best-selling UNIX, The Complete Reference (ISBN 0-07-881299-2). Written especially for SVR4. New chapters on csh and ksh, troff, NFS and networking, and X Window System, as well as wholesale revision of many other chapters. Well-written, readable, complete; but does not cover UNIX internals or software development. TITLE: UNIX Shell Programming AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G. AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H. SUBJECT: Shell Programming PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company DATE: 1985 PAGES: 442 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. 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 DATE: 1989 PAGES: 593 APPROX_COST: 32.00 KEYWORDS: SunOS, BSD, Administration 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. TITLE: UNIX System Programming AUTHOR: Haviland, Keith AUTHOR: Salama, Ben SUBJECT: Programming PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1987 PAGES: 339 ISBN: 0-201-12919-1 APPROX_COST: 27.95 COMMENTS Concentrates on the UNIX System call interface. TITLE: UNIX System Security AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H. AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G. SUBJECT: UNIX Security PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company DATE: 1985 PAGES: 299 ISBN: 0-8104-6267-2 APPROX_COST: 34.95 KEYWORDS: Security 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. TITLE: UNIX System V Bible AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen AUTHOR: Martin, Donald SUBJECT: SYSV Reference PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Company DATE: PAGES: ISBN: 0-672-22562-X APPROX_COST: 24.95 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. TITLE: The UNIX System V Environment AUTHOR: Bourne, Steven R. SUBJECT: Users Guide PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1987 PAGES: 378 ISBN: 0-201-18484-2 APPROX_COST: 26.95 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)" TITLE: UNIX System: Readings and Applications AUTHOR: AT&T SUBJECT: Reference PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: UNIX Text Processing AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim SUBJECT: Text Processing PUBLISHER: Hayden Books DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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. TITLE: The UNIX Text Processing System AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare SUBJECT: Text Processing PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DATE: 1987 PAGES: 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 TITLE: UNIX for Super-Users AUTHOR: Foxley, Eric SUBJECT: Users Guide PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley DATE: 1985 PAGES: 213 ISBN: 0-201-14228-7 APPROX_COST: 27.95 KEYWORDS: SYSV TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (BSD) AUTHOR: SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1987 PAGES: 270 ISBN: 0-937175-20-X APPROX_COST: 19.50 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (System V) AUTHOR: SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1987 PAGES: 270 ISBN: 0-937175-19-6 APPROX_COST: 19.50 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: UNIX, The Complete Reference AUTHOR: Coffin, Stephen SUBJECT: UNIX Reference PUBLISHER: Osborne-McGraw Hill DATE: 1988 PAGES: 704 ISBN: 0-07-881299-2 APPROX_COST: 24.95 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. TITLE: Understanding and Using COFF AUTHOR: Gircys, Gintaras R. SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 176 ISBN: 0-937175-31-5 APPROX_COST: 21.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS 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 [ Source used in this book is available via ftp from UUNET ~mitch ] TITLE: Unix Administrations Guide for System V AUTHOR: Thomas, R. AUTHOR: Farrow, R. SUBJECT: System Administration PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: 1989 PAGES: ISBN: APPROX_COST: 34.95 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. TITLE: The Unix Command Reference Guide AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare SUBJECT: Topically organized reference for about 50 Unix commands PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 361 ISBN: 0-471-85580-4 (pbk) APPROX_COST: 24.95 COMMENTS This book is a guide to the most useful Unix commands, organized topically. It is used both as a handy reference, and as a quick start guide for technically adept users who are starting to use the Unix system. The book contains comprehensive sections on awk, sed, vi, and the Bourne shell. There are many examples. TITLE: Unix Communications AUTHOR: Costales, Bryan SUBJECT: Communication Reference PUBLISHER: The Waite Group DATE: 1987 PAGES: 542 ISBN: 0-672-22511-5 APPROX_COST: 26.95 KEYWORDS: UUCP, USENET COMMENTS Covers everything the end user needs to know about email, USENET and UUCP. TITLE: The Unix Environment AUTHOR: Walker, A. N. SUBJECT: UNIX PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons DATE: PAGES: ISBN: 0-471-90564-X 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. TITLE: The Unix Operating System, Second Edition AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare SUBJECT: Comprehensive introduction to Unix PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 455 ISBN: 0-471-84782-8, 0-471-84781-X (pbk) APPROX_COST: 24.95 COMMENTS This is the second edition of a widely used, widely translated primevil Unix book. It is a comprehensive introductory book that goes into more detail than most. While it is not a very good introduction for people who will only use the system superficially, it is an excellent introduction for those who plan to master the Unix system. It includes sections on the most useful utilities, shell programming, vi editing, and system internals. TITLE: Unix Power Utilities for Power Users AUTHOR: Muster, John AUTHOR: Birns, Peter SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX PUBLISHER: MIS Press DATE: 1989 PAGES: 420 ISBN: 1-55828-000-6 APPROX_COST: 24.95 KNOWN_SUPPLIERS Phone 1-800-MANUALS 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. TITLE: Unix System Administration AUTHOR: Fiedler, David AUTHOR: Hunter, Bruce H. SUBJECT: System Administration PUBLISHER: Hayden Books (Howard Sams & Co) DATE: 1986 PAGES: 320 ISBN: 0-8104-6289-3 APPROX_COST: 24.94 KEYWORDS: Administration COMMENTS -- From back cover -- An essential guide for anyone who owns or operates a UNIX system. The clear presentation and easy-to-follow style make it suitable for the user who does not have a technical background. [...] Using step-by-step guidelines for complex procedures, the book includes information on: - making back-ups - configuring systems - writing shell programs - connecting a printer, a terminal, and other devices - communicating with other systems TITLE: Unix for People AUTHOR: Birns, Peter AUTHOR: Brown, P. AUTHOR: Muster, John SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall DATE: PAGES: ISBN: 0-13-937442-6 APPROX_COST: 28.00 TITLE: Using C on the UNIX system AUTHOR: Curry, David A. SUBJECT: C programming PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1989 PAGES: 232 ISBN: 0-937175-23-4 APPROX_COST: 24.95 KEYWORDS: C, UNIX SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS COMMENTS This is a must for the Beginning UNIX programmer. TITLE: Using UUCP and USENET AUTHOR: Todino, Grace SUBJECT: Introduction PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. DATE: 1986 PAGES: 91 ISBN: 0-937175-010-2 APPROX_COST: 17.95 KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil> KNOWN_SUPPLIERS E-mail: ... uunet!ora!nuts Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS TITLE: Writing a Unix Device Driver AUTHOR: Egan, Janet I. AUTHOR: Teixeira, Thomas J. SUBJECT: Programming PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 357 ISBN: 0-471-62811-5, paperback: 0-471-62859-X APPROX_COST: 24.95 KEYWORDS: BSD, Xenix TITLE: The Xenix Command Reference Guide AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare AUTHOR: Richter, Susan SUBJECT: Topically organized reference for about 50 Xenix commands PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DATE: 1988 PAGES: 420 ISBN: 0-471-61707-5 (pbk) APPROX_COST: 24.95 COMMENTS This book is a guide to the most useful Xenix commands, organized topically. It is used both as a handy reference, and as a quick start guide for technically adept users who are starting to use the Xenix system. The book contains comprehensive sections on awk, sed, vi, the Bourne shell, and system administration. There are many examples.