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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