On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 08:42:31PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While we are on the topic of Unix, I was wondering if anyone knows of a
> good Unix book for a seasoned programmer. I will be starting a new job in a
> few weeks which development on Sun boxes and I haven't had any experience
> with Unix, though I have worked with just about every other operating
> system there is. Thanks!
I recommend the following:
Programming:
Title: The Unix Programming Environment
Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1984
ISBN: 0-13-937681-X
(This is THE book to learn The Unix Way from.)
Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment
Author: Richard Stevens
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
Tutorial/Reference:
Title: A Practical Guide to the Unix System V Release 4
Author: Mark Sobell
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-8053-7560-0
Title: Unix in a Nutshell
Authors: Daniel Gilly and O'Reilly staff
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 (for System V and Solaris 2)
ISBN: 1-56592-001-5
Title: Unix Power Tools
Authors: Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides
Publisher: O'Reilly / Bantam contributors)
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-553-35402-7
( Spends a lot of time on my desk. )
Administration:
Title: Unix System Administration Handbook
Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1989
ISBN: 0-13-933441-6
(There's a new edition of this out. I just don't have the
info handy at the moment, which is embarrassing, because
I used to work with Evi.)
Security:
Title: Practical Unix Security
Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-72-2
(There's a new edition of this out, too.)
Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators
Author: David Curry
Publisher: Addision Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-56327-4
(I contributed to this one.)
If you need help with specific topics, e.g. sendmail, make, RCS, etc.,
then it's difficult to go wrong buying any of the O'Reilly titles on
those subjects.
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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