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[misc.books.technical] A Concise Guide to Unix Books
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(previously known as "Samuel's Guide to Unix Books")
* Compiled by: Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)
* This is a good selection of the "best" Unix books / documentations.
* Subject areas covered:
A. General Unix Texts
B. Unix Editors
C. Networking and Communications
D. System Administration
E. Unix Security
F. Programming
G. TeX
H. X Window System
I. Dictionary
* This guide is intended to be concise, so it is far from exhaustive.
* If you think there are some other really good Unix books, please let me
know. Besides any comments, suggestions and flames are very welcome.
* I will try to update and post this list at least once a month.
* Here it goes ...
A. General Unix Texts
*************************
1. Title: Unix for the Impatient
Authors: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1992
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A new, comprehensive, in-depth reference to Unix ...
2. Title: The Unix Operating System
Author: Kaare Christian
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
Comment: A classic overview of Unix commands ... very good ...
3. Title: A Practical Guide to the Unix System
Author: Mark Sobell
Publisher: Benjamin / Cummings
Edition: 1990
Comment: Similar to Christian's book ... slightly easier to read ...
There is a new edition for System V Release 4 ...
4. Title: The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer
Authors: Mitchell Waite, Donald Martin and Stephen Prata
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A very very good hand-holding tutorial-type book for Unix/SVR4 ...
5. Title: Mastering SunOs
Authors: Brent Heslop and David Angell
Publisher: Sybex
Edition: 1990
Comment: A good, comprehensive hand-on text to SunOs and OpenWin ...
6. Title: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix
Authors: Peter Norton and Harley Hahn
Publisher: Bantam Computer
Edition: 1991
Comment: One of the many books by Peter Norton ...
Good coverage ... but some errors ...
7. 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)
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An excellent desktop reference to almost all Unix commands ...
Probably the most inexpensive Unix book around ...
Also an edition for 4.3. BSD ...
8. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone
Authors: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1990
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An everything-you-want-to-know-about-Unix book ...
It includes info you might not find elsewhere ...
9. Title: Learning Unix
Author: James Gardner
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1991
Comment: With disks containing MSDOS stimulation of Unix (MSK Tools) ...
A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant
access to Unix ...
10. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Tools
Author: Pete Holsnberg
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
Comment: A new and comprehensive guide to numerous Unix utilities ...
11. Title: The Unix C Shell Field Guide
Authors: Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1986
Comment: The C-Shell bible - everything you need to know to use Unix
effectively ...
12. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference
Author: Martin Arick
Publisher: QED Technical
Edition: 1992
Comment: A more recent text on C-Shell ...
13. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to the Korn Shell
Author: John Valley
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
Comment: This one is, IMHO, even better and easier to read than the
authoritative work by Korn and Bolsky ...
14. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System
Author: Maurice Bach
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1986
Comment: An excellent reference on the internals of System V ...
This book and the next one are indeed highly technical ...
15. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System
Authors: Samuel Leffler et al
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1990
Comment: An authoritative description of the design of BSD Unix ...
B. Unix Editors
*******************
1. Title: GNU EMACS Manual
Author: Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation
Edition: 6th ed. 1988
Comment: The official manual of GNU Emacs ...
2. Title: Learning GNU Emacs
Authors: Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Probably the best documentation on Emacs ...
3. Title: Desktop Guide to Emacs
Authors: Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1991
Comment: Another good book on emacs ...
4. Title: Learning the vi Editor
Author: Linda Lamb
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
Comment: A very good guide to vi and ex commands ...
With a quick reference card ...
Other good vi stuff (including an online tutorial) is obtained by
anonymous ftp from cs.uwp.edu (in pub/vi) ...
C. Networking and Communications
*************************************
1. Title: Unix Networking
Authors: Edited by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 1989
Comment: Fairly technical on different issues of networking ...
2. Title: Managing NFS and NIS
Author: Hal Stern
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: A comprehensive, technical guide for system admins on network
file system ...
3. Title: Unix Network Programming
Author: Richard Stevens
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1990
Comment: An excellent book on programming network softwares ...
4. Title: The Waite Group's Unix Communications
Authors: Bart Anderson, Barry Costales & Harry Henderson
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A really excellent book on elm, rn and nn ...
5. Title: Managing UUCP and Usenet
Authors: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 10 ed. 1992
Comment: Well written on the setting-up and the maintenance of UUCP
and Netnews ...
6. Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
Authors: Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: Well written on how to use uucp and netnews ...
7. Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vols I and II
Author: Douglas Comer
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1991
Comment: A detailed discussion of the architecture of the Internet
and its protocols ...
Vol I is readable by anyone but Vol II is very technical ...
8. Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide Catalog
Author: Ed Krol
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Definitely a MUST for any new and not-so-new Internet users ...
9. Title: Zen and the Art of Internet
Author: Brendan Kehoe
Publisher: -
Edition: 1st ed. 1992
Comment: A comprehensive overview of the Internet for beginners ...
It's obtainable by anonymous ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu
(in mirrors/msdos/books) or other Simtel20 mirrors ...
The second edition is published by Prentice Hall ...
D. System Administration
****************************
1. Title: The Unix System Administration Handbook
Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1989
Comment: Classic, also known as the sys-admin bible ...
2. Title: Unix System V Release V Administration
Authors: David Fiedler, Bruce Hunter and Ben Smith
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ...
3. Title: Essential System Administration
Author: Aeleen Frisch
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A must for serious users / sys admins of Unix ...
4. Title: Unix System - Advanced Administration and Management Handbook
Author: Bruce Hunter and Karen Hunter
Publisher: MacMillan
Edition: 1991
Comment: Another good book on system administration ...
5. Title: System Performance Tuning
Author: Mike Loukides
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
Comment: A fine book for sys admins on how to fine tune your Unix
system(s) to do more work ...
E. Unix Security
********************
1. Title: Practical Unix Security
Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Simply the best book in this field ...
2. Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators
Author: David Curry
Publisher: Addision Wesley
Edition: 1992
Comment: Comprehensive coverage ... with pointers to further info ...
3. Title: Unix System Security
Author: Rik Farrow
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1991
Comment: Fine ... slightly not as technical as other books ...
4. Title: Site Security Handbook
Authors: Edited by P. Holbrook and J. Reynolds
Publisher: -
Edition: 1991
Comment: This is rfc1244.txt which is available by anonymous ftp from
nic.ddn.mil (in rfc directory) ...
5. Title: Computer Security Basics
Authors: Deborah Russell and G T Gangemi Sr.
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: A clear overview on many different security issues ...
6. Title: The Cuckoo's Egg
Author: Cliff Stoll
Publisher: Pocket Books
Edition: 1990
Comment: A fascinating real story on computer espionage ...
A good alternative to this is Cyberpunk written by Katie Hafner
and John Markoff and published by Touchstone Book ...
F. Programming
******************
1. Title: The Unix Programming Environment
Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1984
Comment: A true classic on Unix programming ...
2. Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment
Author: Richard Stevens
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
Comment: A going-to-be classic on how programs work under Unix ...
3. Title: The C Programming Language
Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
Comment: This book is 200% a MUST for any C programmers ...
4. Title: C - A Reference Manual
Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steel
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 3rd ed. 1991
Comment: An authoritative reference to C programming language ...
A good companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ...
5. Title: The Waite Group's New Primer C Plus
Authors: Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1990
Comment: A really good introduction to C for beginners ...
6. Title: Practical C Programming
Author: Steve Oualline
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: Yet another book on C ...
7. Title: Using C on the Unix System
Author: David Curry
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
Comment: This book is directed to (would-be) system programmers ...
8. Title: C Programming in the Berkeley Unix Environment
Author: Nigel Horspool
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1986
Comment: An excellent C book for 4.3 BSD ...
The second edition "The Berkeley Unix Environment" is out ...
9. Title: The Waite Group's C++ Programming
Author: John Berry
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
Comment: A fine book on C++ (for Unix and Dos) ...
10. Title: Managing Projects with make
Authors: Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
Comment: An unique text on using make and handling Makefile ...
11. Title: Sed and Awk
Author: Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: A very good work on programming / text processing with
sed and awk ...
12. Title: Programming Perl
Authors: Larry Wall and Randal Schwartz
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
Comment: The authoritative guide to Perl - the programming language for
for serious Unix users ...
G. TeX
**********
1. Title: The TeXbook
Author: Donald Knuth
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1990
Comment: The bible of TeX users ...
2. Title: TeX for the Impatient
Author: Paul Abrahams
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1991
Comment: A more user-friendly handbook on TeX ...
3. Title: LATeX - A Document Preparation System
Author: Leslie Lamport
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1986
Comment: The bible for LATeX users ...
H. X Window System
**********************
1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide
Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990 (Motif or MIT)
Comment: A useful tutorial type book to X11R4
2. Title: The X Window System - A User's Guide
Author: Niall Manfield
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1990
Comment: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ...
3. Title: X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt
Author: Doug Young
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1989 (Motif or Open Look)
Comment: An excellent book on X programming ...
I. Dictionary
*****************
1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
Author: Eric Raymond
Publisher: MIT Press
Edition: 1991
Comment: This book corresponds to version 2.9.6 of the on-line
jargon file ... The latest (at the time of writing) is
version 2.9.10 (jargon2910.ascii.Z) which is available
by ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu (in mirrors/gnu) ...
--
Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) (aka: The Smart One)
Expert in Computer Books and Documentations ...