YABL (Yet Another Book List) [long]
Mitch Wright
mitch at hq.af.mil
Sat May 18 00:48:04 AEST 1991
Date: Fri May 17 10:45:59 EDT 1991
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TITLE: !%@:: A Guide to Electronic Mail Addressing
AUTHOR: Frey, Donnalyn
AUTHOR: Adams, Rick
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 438
ISBN: 0-937175-K15-393-0
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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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: The Art of Distributed Appl., Programming Techniques for RPC
AUTHOR: Corbin, John R.
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag (Part of Sun Techincal Reference Library)
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 558
ISBN: 0-387-97247-1
APPROX_Cost: 39.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Betty Jo Armstead, Sverdrup" <xxbja at csduts1.lerc.nasa.gov>
COMMENTS
An excellent book for anyone starting to develop RPC applications.his
The book covers SUN style RPC programming with lots of examples. the
It covers XDR, RPC Protocol, RPC programming, Low-level RPC
Programming, Additional RPC Library Features, RPCGEN, Developing
RPC-based Distributed Applications and the future of RPC
programming. The books also hints at multithreaded RPC
applications, but provides no examples and very little discussion
on this topic.
TITLE: Advanced C Programming for Displays
AUTHOR: Rochkind, Marc J.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 331
ISBN: 0-13-010240-07
APPROX_COST: 32.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni at 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 HBK
ISBN: 0-13-011800-1 PBK
APPROX_COST: 32.95 HBK
APPROX_COST: 24.95 PBK
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: <lots>
ISBN: <unknown>
APPROX_COST: 60.00/set
SUGGESTED_BY: An anonymous BSD zealot
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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 at hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
This is a book written with the beginning C programmer in mind.
TITLE: Checking C Programs
AUTHOR: Darwin, Ian F.
SUBJECT: lint
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 84
ISBN: 0-937175-30-7
APPROX_COST: 12.95
KEYWORDS: lint, C, nutshell
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The lint program checker has proven itself time and again to be
one of the best tools for finding portability problems and
certain types of coding errors in C programs. This book
introduces you to lint, guides you through running it on your
programs and helps you to interpret lint's output.
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 at 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: C Programming Guide, 3rd Ed.
AUTHOR: Purdum, J.J.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Que Corporation
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 456
ISBN: 0-88022-356-1
LCCN: 88-61496
OCLC: 18865012
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 at 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 at PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
The Bible of C programming
TITLE: C Programmer's Library, 2nd Ed.
AUTHOR: Purdum, J.J.
SUBJECT: C language
PUBLISHER: Que Corporation
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 319
ISBN: 0-88022-157-7
LCCN: 85-60689
OCLC: 12819701
TITLE: C Programmer's Toolkit
AUTHOR: Purdum, Jack J.
SUBJECT: C language
PUBLISHER: Que Corporation
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 350
ISBN: 0-88022-457-6
LCCN: 89-61069
OCLC: 21130331
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 HBK
ISBN: 0-13-109926-4 PBK
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 Self-Study Guide
AUTHOR: Purdum, J.J.
SUBJECT: C language
PUBLISHER: Que Corporation
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 249
ISBN: 0-88022-149-6
OCLC: 12790605
B-NO: 411153F
TITLE: C Standard Library
AUTHOR: Purdum, Jack J.
AUTHOR: Leslie, Timothy C
SUBJECT: C language
PUBLISHER: Que Corporation
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 437
ISBN: 0-88022-279-4
LCCN: 86-62528
OCLC: 16411542
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 HBK
ISBN: 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 HBK
ISBN: 0-13-109802-0 PBK
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
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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 at oz.com>
COMMENTS
Great book! And lots of source examples to boot.
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
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TITLE: Data Structures and C Programs.
AUTHOR: Van Wyk, Christopher
SUBJECT: C programming
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 387
ISBN: 0-201161-16-8
APPROX_COST: 41.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma at 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."
[ *** NOTE: Has been reprinted with corrections *** ]
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 at 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: 1986
PAGES: 471
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 at 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 at 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 at 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: 612
ISBN: 0-07-043152-3
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COST: $19.95 PBK
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 at 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
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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
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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: 84
ISBN: 0-937175-18-8
APPROX_COST: 12.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at hq.af.mil>
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TITLE: Managing UUCP and USENET
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 289
ISBN: 0-937175-48-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at hq.af.mil>
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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 at 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: The Open Book
AUTHOR: Rose, Marshall T.
SUBJECT: OSI
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 651
ISBN: 0-13-643016-3
APPROX_COST:
KEYWORDS: Networking
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS:
-- From back cover --
This book is an important contribution to the networking literature
for two reasons. First, it is one of the clearest expositions of the
OSI architecture and protocols, and it deals with concrete issues,
including implementation matters. Second, it seeks to explicate ways
in which the TCP/IP Internet community may accommodate the phased
introduction of OSI protocols. This latter contribution is of prime
importance if this large and rapidly growing community is to benefit
from the heavy vendor community investment in OSI software and
services.
-- Vint Cerf, Chariman, Internet Activities Board
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 at 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 at 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: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix
AUTHOR: Norton, Peter
AUTHOR: Hahn, Harley
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 560
ISBN: 0-553-35260-1
APPROX_COST: 26.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Lawrence R. Gibes <lgibes at teal.csn.org>
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 at 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 UNIX System V
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G.
SUBJECT: UNIX System V
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 577
ISBN: 0-80-538915-6
APPROX_COST: 32.25
TITLE: A Practical Guide to the Unix System (2nd ed.)
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G.
SUBJECT: UNIX Guide
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 632
ISBN: 0-80-530243-3
APPROX_COST: 27.95
TITLE: Programming perl
AUTHOR: Wall, Larry
AUTHOR: Schwartz, Randal L.
SUBJECT: Programming in perl
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 456
ISBN: 0-937175-64-1
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: perl, nutshell
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at oz.com>
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COMMENTS:
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!! I've had mine since USENIX and it's been with
me since then. I just dont leave home without it. This book is
for you if you are even slightly interested in perl as a language,
and it's easy reading and excellent examples will make you, as
Randal would say ``Just Another Perl Hacker''. It is even worth
reading if you are not *yet* interested in the language.
Programming perl is very light reading and in the words of Larry:
"...mildly amusing in some spots (and wildly amusing in others)."
From back cover: Perl is a language for easily manipulating text
files and processes. Perl provides a more concise and readable way to
do many jobs that were formally accomplished (with difficulty) by
programming in the C language or one of the shells. Even though Perl
is not yet a standard part of UNIX, it is likely to be available at
any UNIX site. And if it isn't, users can get it and install it
easily and FREE of charge.
TITLE: Programming with Curses
AUTHOR: Strang, John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1986
PAGES: 76
ISBN: 0-937175-02-1
APPROX_COST: 12.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: The SPARC System Developer's Guide
AUTHOR: Leventhal, L.
AUTHOR: Rohner, J.
SUBJECT: SPARC Assemble Language
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag
DATE: 1989
PAGES: <pages>
ISBN: 0-387-97251-X
APPROX_COST: 39.95
KEYWORDS: SPARC
TITLE: Software Engineering in C.
AUTHOR: Darnell, Peter A.
AUTHOR: Margolis, Philip E.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 612
ISBN: 0-387-96574-2
APPROX_COST: 29.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma at 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: System Performance Tuning
AUTHOR: Loukides, Mike
SUBJECT: System Performance
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 230
ISBN: 0-937175-60-9
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: performance, nutshell
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*** From: ORA Fall/Winter 1990 Catalog
System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental
questions you can ask abou your computer: "How can I get it to
do more work without buying more hardware?" Anyone who has
ever used a computer has periodically wished that the system
was faster, particularly at times when it was under heavy load.
TITLE: Termcap & Terminfo
AUTHOR: Strang, John
AUTHOR: Mui, Linda
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 270
ISBN: 0-937175-22-6
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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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 at 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 at 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
SUPPLIERS
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(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 at 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 time-sharing system : UNIX programmer's manual vol 1&2
AUTHOR: BELL Laboratories
PUBLISHERS: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
SUBJECT: UNIX...
PUBLISHER: Bell Laboratories
DATE: 1983
PAGES:
ISBN: 0-03-061742-1 (v1)
ISBN: 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 HBK
ISBN: 0-13-937681-X PBK
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 at 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 at 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 at 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
AUTHOR: The Waite Group
SUBJECT: SYSV Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Company
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 516
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)
ISBN: 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 at 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 at 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: 272
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.
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 296
ISBN: 0-937175-19-6
APPROX_COST: 19.50
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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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: 196
ISBN: 0-937175-31-5
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at hq.af.mil>
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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
[ Source used in this book is available via ftp from UUNET ~mitch ]
TITLE: Unix Administrations Guide for System V
AUTHOR: Thomas, Rebecca
AUTHOR: Farrow, Rik
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 636
ISBN: 0-139-42889-5
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: UNIX Applications Programming Mastering the Shell
AUTHOR: Swartz, Ray
SUBJECT: Bourne Shell programming, grep, sed, awk, sort
PUBLISHER: SAMS, A Division of Macmillan Computer Publishing
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 452
ISBN: 0-672-22715-0
LCCN: 90-61476
APPROX_COST: 26.95
KEYWORDS: Unix, Bourne shell programming, tools
SUGGESTED_BY: zwbm07 at hou.amoco.com (Walter Moore)
COMMENTS
I find this book a VERY good primer and an excellent reference
book on Unix tools and shell programming.
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: Anderson, Bart
AUTHOR: Costales, Barry
AUTHOR: Henderson, Harry
SUBJECT: Communication Reference
PUBLISHER: The Waite Group
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 736
ISBN: 0-672-22773-8
APPROX_COST: 29.95
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: 1984
PAGES: 151
ISBN: 0-471-90564-X
APPROX_COST: 20.40
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 HBK
ISBN: 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
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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.
TITLE: The UNIX Survival Guide
AUTHOR: Nichols, Elizabeth A.
AUTHOR: Balin, Sidney C.
AUTHOR: Nichols, Joseph C.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX basics
PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 311
ISBN: 0-03-000773-9
SUGGESTED_BY: Andrew T. Young <aty at mintaka.sdsu.edu>
COMMENTS:
It contains good tutorial information for new owners of UNIX systems,
as well as for new users. There is a useful introduction to the nuts
and bolts of the file system, for example, as well as info on basic
commands, and a chapter on processes and signals.
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 M.
AUTHOR: Brown, Patrick B.
AUTHOR: Muster, John C.
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 528
ISBN: 0-13-937442-6 PBK
ISBN: 0-13-937459-0 HBK
APPROX_COST: 28.00
TITLE: Using the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Gauthier, Richard L.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER:
DATE: 1981
PAGES: 297
ISBN: 0-8359-8164-9 HBK
ISBN: 0-8359-8162-2 PBK
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: 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 at hq.af.mil>
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COMMENTS
This is a must for the Beginning UNIX programmer.
TITLE: Using C with Curses, Lex and YACC
AUTHOR: Schreiner, Axel T.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 257
ISBN: 0-13-932864-5
APPROX_COST: 44.95
KEYWORDS: C, Curses, Lex, YACC
COMMENTS:
-- From back cover --
This book presents the development of programs that make extensive use
of curses and provides solutions to the typical problems encountered
when implementing full-screen applications with curses.
The book illustrates how to work in the Unix C environment:
- how to build command languages with the compiler generatores lex and
yacc
- how to make portable full-screen dialogs with the curses library
- how to build symbol tables and manage variable-length argument lists
using C library functions
- how to manage program development with the make program
- how to manage multiple processes from a program and how to
communicate with them.
Throughout the book the full source code of a major example is shown.
TITLE: Using UUCP and USENET
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 210
ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch at hq.af.mil>
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.
Local Variables:
mode: outline
selective-display-ellipses: nil
outline-regexp: "TITLE: "
eval: (hide-body)
End:
--
~mitch
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