UNIX OS References - (nf)

[johnl at haddock.UUCP]

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haddock!johnl    Jan 30 11:35:00 1984

There are many books out on the Unix system.  Here are a few, ranked
in my entirely subjective order of preference.

McGilton and Morgan, "Introducing the UNIX System," Byte Books (McGraw
Hill), 1983.  $18.95, paper.  Readable and fairly complete.  Includes
sections on Berklix stuff and on system management.

Bourne, "The UNIX System," Addison-Wesley, 1982. ~$20.00, paper.
Breathtakingly complete, especially the part on shell programming,
but it reads kind of like the Algol-68 report.

Thomas and Yates, "A User Guide to the UNIX System," Osborne/McGraw Hill,
1982.  $16, paper.  Readable, but not very complete.  Lots of examples.
The second half on "The Unix system and office automation" is total
blather.

John Levine, ima!johnl