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- From: bry@netcom.com (Bryan Althaus)
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- Subject: Re: Advice - C Programming Books for Unix (Solaris 2.x)
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- Date: 24 Jan 1996 11:07:42 -0600
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- Mike Schmidt (mjs@icon-stl.net) wrote:
- : Fellow Bit-flippers:
-
- : This old C programmer is moving off DEC/VAX C and into a new
- : programming/debugging environment (for me, that is); C on
- : Sun Solaris 2.4 (on a SPARC server 1000, I believe).
-
- : Can anyone recommend any books to help me make my shift? I've
- : thought about purchasing O'Reilly's books on C for Unix as well
- : as "make" but have not yet done so. Thought I might get some
- : advice from you folks first.
-
- : Any and all advice is most appreciated.
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- The best UNIX book for all platforms including solaris since it cover
- SVR4 is:
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- Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by Richard Stevens
- Addison-Wesley, 1992, 744pp, ISBN: 0-201-56317-7
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- Everything is there and its up to date unlike other UNIX books that
- were published in the '80's.
-
- Another book someone mentioned is also good and discusses other topics
- in addition to networking is:
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- UNIX Network programming by Richard Stevens ( same author )
- Prentice-Hall, 1990, 772pp, ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
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- There is a Nutshell book called Using C on the UNIX system. It says
- this is a book for intermdiate to experienced C programmers who want to
- become UNIX system programmers. IT explains systems calls and special
- library routines on the UNIX system. 250pp.
-
- I have not read the above but you might make a good 3rd book in addition
- to the Steven's books. can never have enough reference books :-):w
-
- Good luck, and welcome to UNIX...
-
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