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Subject: [misc.books.technical] A Concise Guide to UNIX Books Newsgroups: misc.books.technical,alt.books.technical,biz.books.technical,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.answers,news.answers From: sko@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Ko) Date: 12 Jan 1994 00:00:28 -0500 Archive-name: books/unix Last-modified: November 18, 1993 Version 3.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ [misc.books.technical] A Concise Guide to UNIX Books ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Compiled by: Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.ca) ====================================================================== Books of the Month ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... for everyone ... The Internet Complete Reference - Harley Hahn and Rick Stout (for more info, see Section E) ... for potential Unix wizards ... Learning Perl - Randal L. Schwartz (for more info, see section H) ... for sys admins or (very) serious Unix users ... sendmail - Bryan Costales with Eric Allman & Neil Rickert (for more info, see Section D) ====================================================================== " Unix will play a prominent - but not paramount - role in the world of interoperability and open systems ... familiar to a high percentage of students, it will continue to play its role as a locus of innovation. " - International Data Corporation ** This is a good selection of the "best" books and documentation on UNIX and related areas. The selection is based on i) recommendations from netnews readers, ii) the US/Canada sales figures, and iii) a bit of my own preference. ** Subject areas covered: A. General Unix Texts a. for beginning / intermediate users b. for intermediate / advanced users B. Shells C. Unix Editors D. Networking and Communications E. The Internet F. System Administration G. Unix Security H. Programming I. TeX J. X Window System K. Dictionaries and Glossaries L. Other Lists M. Other Books (experimental) ** This guide is intended to be concise and to emphasize more on recent publications, so it is far from exhaustive. For other bibliographies, please read section L - Other Lists. ** THANKS to all who have helped in improving this guide. However, to save some bandwidth, I do not want to include a long list of acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has contributed to this compilation in one way or the other. This compilation is, therefore, a product of the combined wisdom of netnews readers. (yes, errors and shortcomings are my responsibility :-) [[ BTW, from your responses since this list was first posted ... The best publisher: O'Reilly & Associates The most-recommended books: Unix Network Programming by Richard Stevens Unix System Administration Handbook by Nemeth, Snyder and Seebass The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog by Ed Krol Unix Power Tools by Peek, O'Reilly, Loukides and others A Student's Guide to Unix by Harley Hahn ]] ** If you think there are some other really good Unix books, please let me know. Besides any comments, suggestions and flames will be very much appreciated. ** I will try to update and post this list regularly. The latest version is also obtainable by anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/books). If you do not have ftp or netnews access you can get it by email from mail-server@rftm.mit.edu and the body of your request should be send usenet/news.answers/books/unix . ** Please feel free to distribute this list as long as it is kept intact. A. General Unix Texts ************************* ~ a. (more or less) for beginning / intermediate users - 0: Title: Unix for Dummies Authors: John Levine and Margaret Levine Young Publisher: IDG Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-878058-58-4 Comment: A fairly informal (funny) and non-technical introduction to Unix ... 1. Title: The Unix Operating System Author: Kaare Christian Publisher: Wiley Edition: 2nd ed. 1988 ISBN: 0-471-84781-X Comment: A classic overview of Unix commands ... good in coverage ... 2. 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 Comment: A very good tutorial / reference book ... 3. Title: The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer Authors: Mitchell Waite, Donald Martin and Stephen Prata Publisher: Sams Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 ISBN: 0-672-30194-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A very good hand-holding tutorial-type book for Unix/SVR4 ... 4. Title: Mastering SunOS Authors: Brent Heslop and David Angell Publisher: Sybex Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-89588-683 Comment: A good, comprehensive hand-on text to SunOS and OpenWindows ... BTW, the authors have also written a book on Solaris 2 - Mastering Solaris 2 (ISBN: 0-7821-1072-X) 5. Title: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix Authors: Peter Norton and Harley Hahn Publisher: Bantam Computer Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-553-35260-1 Comment: Good coverage ... A good introduction for beginners (especially those accustomed to DOS) ... 6. Title: A Student's Guide to Unix Author: Harley Hahn Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-07-025511-3 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A superb introduction to Unix ... In a clear and lively language, the author tells the novice users everything they want to know about Unix and the Internet - covering Unix commands, utilities, shells, vi, X-Window, e-mail, netnews, ftp, gopher, etc ... It should be an excllent textbook for any Unix introductory course ... " No experience necessary! " " Unix is fun. " 7. Title: Unix System V Release 4: An Introduction Authors: Kenneth Rosen, Richard Rosinski and James Farber Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-07-881552-5 Comment: A very comprehensive text targeted to novice users ... BTW, the authors have written a new book - 1001 Unix Tips - to be published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN: 0-07-881924-5) ... 8. Title: Guide to the Unix Desktop Authors: Chris Negus and Larry Schumer Publisher: Unix Press Edition: 1992 ISBN: 1-56205-114-8 Comment: A fine tutorial / reference text on SVR4.2 ... 9. Title: Learning Unix Author: James Gardner Publisher: Sams Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-672-30001-X Comment: With disks containing MSDOS simulation of Unix (MKS Tools) ... A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant access to Unix ... 10. Title: Portable Unix Author: Douglas Topham Publisher: Wiley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-471-57926-2 Comment: A pretty good task-oriented quick reference ... 11. Title: Learning the UNIX Operating System Authors: Grace Todino, John Strang and Jerry Peek Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 3rd ed. 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-060-0 Comment: A fairly concise introduction for (Internet) users new to Unix ... 12. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone Authors: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-13-536657-7 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** An everything-you-want-to-know-about-Unix book ... It includes info you might not find elsewhere ... " This book is the "other" book about Unix ... a study in reading between the lines - which is very much what learning UNIX is like. " 13. Title: The Unix Industry Author: Ed Dunphy Publisher: OED Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-89435-390-X Comment: Covering Unix technology and the structure of the Unix marketplace ... ~ b. (more or less) for intermediate / advanced users - 14. Title: Unix for the Impatient Authors: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-55703-7 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A comprehensive and in-depth reference to Unix ... " a handbook you can use both as a manual to learn UNIX and as a ready reference for fast answers to specific UNIX questions." 15. Title: Unix Power Tools Authors: Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides (and other Publisher: O'Reilly / Bantam contributors) Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-553-35402-7 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Simply great!!! " [It] contains literally thousands of tips, scripts, and techniques that make using UNIX easier, more effective, and even more fun. " With a CD-ROM disk containing PD programs and shell scripts ... The shell scripts can also be obtained by anon-ftp from ftp.uu.net (as /published/oreilly/power_tools/unix/upt.mar93.tar.Z) 16. Title: Unix System V Release 4: The Complete Reference Author: Stephen Coffin Publisher: McGraw Hall Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-07-881653-X Comment: Another good book on Unix fundamentals and related subjects ... 17. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Tools Author: Pete Holsberg Publisher: Sams Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-672-30202-0 Comment: A comprehensive guide to numerous Unix utilities ... 18. Title: Modern Unix Author: Alan Southerton Publisher: Wiley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-471-54916-9 Comment: Covering selected topics like shells, X Window, networking ... 19. 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 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** An excellent desktop reference to almost all Unix commands ... " a complete reference containing all commands and options, plus generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. " Also, an edition for 4.3. BSD (ISBN: 0-937175-20-X) ... 20. Title: The Frequently Asked Questions List Author: Ted Timar Edition: 93/09/01 (frequently updated) Comment: This is a multi-part list of often-asked Unix questions (with answers). Read the postings on news.answers or get them by anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/ unix-faq) ... 21. Titles: SSC reference cards Authors: SSC staff Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants Edition: 1984-93 ISBN: 0-916151-**-* Comment: These are some good, inexpensive reference / tutorial cards on Unix commands, Bourne shell, Korn shell, emacs, vi, C, C++, etc ... e.g. the new "Unix System Command Summary for SVR4.2/Solaris 2.1" (ISBN: 0-916151-61-1) ... Contact sales@ssc.com for more info ... 22. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System Author: Maurice Bach Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1986 ISBN: 0-13-201799-7 Comment: An excellent reference on the internals of System V This book and the next one are indeed highly technical ... And if you just want a short case study on Unix, consult a good operating systems text like Modern Operating Systems by A. Tanenbaum or Operating System Concepts by A. Silberschatz, J. Peterson and P. Galvin. 23. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System Authors: S. Leffler, M. McKusick, M. Karels and J. Quarterman Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-201-06196-1 Comment: An authoritative description of the design of BSD Unix ... " It covers the internal structure of the 4.3BSD system and the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing the system facilities. " B. Shells ************* 1. Title: The Unix C Shell Field Guide Authors: Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1986 ISBN: 0-13-937468-X Comment: The C-Shell Bible - everything you need to know to understand csh and use Unix effectively ... 2. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference Author: Martin Arick Publisher: QED Technical Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-89435-328-4 Comment: A more recent text on maximizing the use of C-Shell ... 3. Title: Unix Shell Programming Authors: Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood Publisher: Hayden Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-672-48448-X Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A classic on using and programming Bourne Shell (and Korn Shell) 4. Title: Unix Shell Programming Author: Lowell Arthur Publisher: Wiley Edition: 2nd ed. 1990 ISBN: 0-471-51821-2 Comment: This covers not only common shells but also general software tool concepts ... 5. Title: The Korn Shell Command and Programming Language Authors: Morris Bolsky and David Korn Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1989 ISBN: 0-13-516972-0 Comment: The authoritative reference ... 6. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to the Korn Shell Author: John Valley Publisher: Sams Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-672-48513-3 Comment: This one is easier to read than the work by Korn and Bolsky ... 7. Title: The KornShell User and Programming Manual Author: Anatole Olczak Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-56548-X Comment: An everything-you-want-to-know-about-KornShell book ... 8. Title: Korn Shell Programming Tutorial Author: Barry Rosenberg Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-201-56324-X Comment: A good tutorial on creating Korn shell scripts ... 9. Title: Learning the Korn Shell Author: Bill Rosenblatt Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-054-6 Comment: Yet another comprehensive text on the Korn Shell ... but this one is from O'Reilly :-) ... C. Unix Editors ******************* 1. Title: GNU EMACS Manual Author: Richard Stallman Publisher: Free Software Foundation Edition: 7th ed. 1991 Comment: The official manual of GNU Emacs, essential for emacs users ... 2. Title: Learning GNU Emacs Authors: Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-937175-84-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Probably the best documentation on editing with GNU Emacs ... 3. Title: Desktop Guide to Emacs Authors: Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd Publisher: Sams Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-672-30171-7 Comment: Another good book on emacs ... 4. Title: GNU Emacs Unix Text Editing and Programming Authors: M. Schoonover, J. Bowie and W. Arnold Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-56345-2 Comment: Something for everyone who wants to use Emacs ... 5. Title: Learning the vi Editor Author: Linda Lamb Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-937175-67-6 Comment: A very good guide to vi and ex commands, with a quick reference card ... 6. Title: The Ultimate Guide to the vi and ex Text Editors Author: Hewlett-Packard Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1989 ISBN: 0-8053-4460-8 Comment: Another decent text on vi and ex ... 7. Titles: vi Tutor and vi Reference Authors: Robert Colon et. al. (Tut), Maarten Litmaati (Ref) Editions: 2.1 (Tut), 8 (Ref) Comment: The latest interactive tutorial (vitutor2.1.shar(.Z)) can be obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.mines.colorado.edu (in /pub/tutorials) ... And the refernce and other vi stuff are obtainable by anon-ftp from ftp.uwp.edu (in /pub/vi) ... D. Networking and Communications ************************************* 1. Title: Unix Networking Authors: edited by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood Publisher: Hayden Edition: 1989 ISBN: 0-672-48440-4 Comment: Fairly technical on different issues of networking ... 2. Title: Managing NFS and NIS Author: Hal Stern Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-75-7 Comment: A comprehensive, technical guide for system admins on distributed computing tools - NFS and NIS(YP) ... 3. Title: Unix Network Programming Author: Richard Stevens Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-13-949876-1 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** An excellent book on programming network softwares The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books) ... 4. Title: Adventures in Unix Network Applications Programming Authors: Bill Riekan and Lyle Weiman Publisher: Wiley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-471-52858-7 Comment: A fine book on network programming ... 5. Title: Unix System V Network Programming Author: Stephen Rago Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-201-56318-5 Comment: On using system calls and library routines for developing networked (SVR4) application ... 6. Title: The Waite Group's Unix Communications Authors: Bart Anderson, Bryan Costales and Harry Henderson Publisher: Sams Edition: 2nd ed. 1991 ISBN: 0-672-22773-8 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A really excellent book on e-mail (Mail, elm), netnews (rn, nn) and UUCP ... 7. Title: Managing UUCP and Usenet Authors: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 10 ed. 1992 ISBN: 0-937175-93-5 Comment: Well written on the setting-up and maintenance of UUCP and Netnews ... 8. Title: Using UUCP and Usenet Authors: Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-10-2 Comment: Well written on how to use uucp and netnews ... 9. Titles: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vols I, II and III Authors: Douglas Comer and David Stevens Publisher: Prentice-Hall Editions: 1991 - 2 ISBN: 0-13-468505-9 (I), 0-13-472242-6 (II), 0-13-474222-2 (III) Comment: A detailed discussion on the architecture and implementation of the Internet and its protocols ... Vol I (on principles, protocols and architecture) is readable by everyone, Vol 2 (on design, implementation and internals) and Vol 3 (on client-server computing) are fairly technical. 10. Title: TCP/IP Network Administration Author: Craig Hunt Publisher: O'Reiily Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-937175-82-X Comment: With everything you need to know about the installation and running of a TCP/IP network ... 11. Title: DNS and BIND Authors: Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 1-56592-010-4 Comment: A unique guide on domain name system for system admins ... " DNS and BIND discusses one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination and many other services." 12. Title: sendmail Authors: Bryan Costales with Eric Allman & Neil Rickert Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-056-2 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** This is really an encyclopedia on sendmail. The authors did a great job in de-mysterifying this complex email routing and delivering program ... " The book is divided into four parts. Part One is a tutorial on understanding sendmail from the ground up ... Part Two deals with practical topics in sendmail administration ... Part Three is a comprehensive reference section ... Part Four consists of appendices with details ..." 13. Title: Power Programming with RPC Author: John Bloomer Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-937175-77-3 Comment: Covering the nuts and bolts of distributed application development using IPCs, RPCs, and associated integration techniques ... 14. Title: Understanding DCE Authors: W. Rosenberry, D. Kenney and G. Fisher Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 1-56592-005-8 Comment: A book on the basics of OSF's DCE ... And there is a companion text "Guide to Writing DCE Applications" written by John Shirley. 15. Title: Unix, Posix, and Open Systems Authors: John Quarterman and Susanne Wilhelm Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-201-52772-3 Comment: This book is about standards for open systems related to Posix and Unix ... E. The Internet ******************* 1. Title: The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog Author: Ed Krol Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 1-56592-025-2 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Definitely a MUST for any new and not-so-new Internet users ... " It is a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering everything from the basics, like electronic mail and newsgroups, to the newest developments. A large part of the book tells you how to find the resources you want. " 2. Title: Zen and the Art of the Internet Author: Brendan Kehoe Edition: 1st ed. 1992 Comment: A comprehensive overview of the Internet for beginners ... This document, in different formats, can be obtained by anonymous ftp from world.std.com (in /obi/Internet/zen-1.0) or ftp.cs.widener.edu (in /pub/zen) or as zen10.zip from /pub/misc/books at oak.oakland.edu. The second edition (with 30 more pages and changes) is published by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-010778-6). 3. Title: The Internet Companion Authors: Tracy LaQuey and Jeanne Ryer Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-201-62224-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Written in clear, non-technical language, this is a very good guide to the Internet for beginners ... " your guide to the intricacies and unique culture of the Internet. " The online version of the first three chapters can be obtained by anon-ftp from /OBS/The.Internet.Companion at world.std.com ... 4. Title: The Internet Complete Reference Authors: Harley Hahn and Rick Stout Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill Edition: 1994 ISBN: 0-07-881980-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** This is by far the most complete, illuminating, useful, exciting, readable :-) book on the Internet ... Covering mail, telnet, finger, usenet, ftp, talk, IRC, gopher, Wais, WWW, etc ... And there is also a Catalog of Internet Resources (over 140 pages) ... 5. Title: Navigating the Internet Authors: Mark Gibb and Richard Smith Publisher: Sams Edition: 1993 ISBN: ? Comment: This is yet another comprehensive overview of the Internet written in an easy-to-understand language ... The coverage is also pretty good ... 6. Title: Internet: Getting Started Authors: A. Marine, S. Kirkpatrick, V. Leou and C. Ward Edition: 1992 Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-327933-2 Comment: Yet another book on the Internet ... this one has more on initiating Internet access ... Certain sections - those on internet service providers - are obtainable by anon-ftp from /netinfo at ftp.nisc.sri.com ... 7. Title: Connecting to the Internet Author: Susan Estrada Edition: 1993 Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-061-9 Comment: This "Buyer's Guide" will give you lots of tips on purchasing the right kind of access to the global Internet ... 8. Title: The Beginner's Guide to the Internet Author: Patrick Suarez Edition: 1.2 1993 Comment: This is a full-color, DOS-based tutorial that gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do almost anything on the Internet. The Guide is available by anon-ftp from oak.oakland.edu (as /pub/msdos/info/bgi12.zip) ... 9 Title: Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet Author: Shari Steele, Electronic Frontier Foundation Edition: July 1993 Comment: This is a very good, comprehensive online guide of the Internet for novices ... This Guide is obtainable in different formats from ftp.eff.org (in /pub/EFF/papers) ... 10. Title: Internet System Handbook Authors: edited by Daniel Lynch and Marshall Rose Publisher: Addision-Wesley Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-201-56741-5 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A very good and comprehensive technical reference about the Internet System ... covering the underlying technologies and the Internet infrastructure ... 11. Title: The Internet Message Author: Marshall Rose Edition: 1992 Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-092941-7 Comment: This covers the technological aspects of e-mail ... 12. Title: !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks Authors: Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams Edition: 3rd ed. 1993 Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-031-7 Comment: An *updated* quick reference to hundreds of networks ... 13. Title: E-Mail: Pervasive and Persuasive in IEEE Spectrum Authors: Tekla Perry and John Adam Edition: October 1992 Volume 29 Number 10 Pages: 22 - 33 Comment: An interesting special report on E-Mail networks ... 14. Title: (Updated) Internet Services List Author: Scott Yanoff Edition: 93/11/01 (frequently updated) Comment: This is a great list with many useful internet addresses ... This compilation is posted frequently on alt.internet.services and news.answers ... Or you can get it by anonymous ftp from csd4.csd.uwm.edu (as /pub/inet.services.txt) or rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/list) ... F. System Administration **************************** 1. Title: Unix System Administration Handbook Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass Publisher: Prentice-Hall Edition: 1989 ISBN: 0-13-933441-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Classic, also known as the sys-admin Bible ... " an attempt to condense everything that a system administrator should know about UNIX into a single, easy-to-use volume " Source codes for programs listed (sa-book.tar.Z) can be obtained by anonymous ftp from boulder.colorado.edu (in /pub/sa-book) or oak.oakland.edu (in /pub/unix-c/sysadmin). 2. Title: Unix System V Release 4 Administration Authors: David Fiedler, Bruce Hunter and Ben Smith Publisher: Hayden Edition: 2nd ed. 1991 ISBN: 0-672-22810-6 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ... " you'll find the information you need to organize a practical, efficient, and productive UNIX system " 3. Title: Essential System Administration Author: Aeleen Frisch Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-80-3 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A must for serious users / sys admins of Unix ... " It provides a compact, manageable treatment of the tasks and issues that everyone responsible for a UNIX system faces. " 4. Title: Unix System - Advanced Administration and Management Handbook Author: Bruce Hunter and Karen Hunter Publisher: MacMillan Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-02-358950-7 Comment: Another good book on system administration ... 5. Title: System Performance Tuning Author: Mike Loukides Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-937175-60-9 Comment: A fine book for sys admins on how to fine tune your Unix system(s) to do more work ... 6. Title: The Unix Audit Author: Michael Grottola Publisher: McGraw-Hill Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-07-025127-4 Comment: On using Unix utilities to do a comprehensive audit of the Unix system ... 7. Title: Downsizing to Unix Author: Steven Glines Publisher: New Riders Publishing Edition: 1992 ISBN: 1-56205-074-5 Comment: A book for people involved or interested in downsizing mainframe data-processing to a distributed Unix network ... 8. Title: Dropping The Mainframe without Crushing the Users Authors: Peter Van Epp and Bill Baines Edition: Nov 1992 Comment: A biased choice :-) ... This is a paper describing the migration at Simon Fraser University from centralized mainframe (MTS) to distributed computing (Unix) in 9 months ... This paper (LISA-VI.paper.ps(.Z) (postscript - 16 pages) can be obtained by anon-ftp from fraser.sfu.ca (in /pub/papers/ucspapers). G. Unix Security ******************** 1. Title: Practical Unix Security Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-72-2 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** Simply the best book in this field ... " everything you need to know to make your UNIX system as secure as it can be. " 2. Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators Author: David Curry Publisher: Addision Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-56327-4 Comment: Good and comprehensive coverage ... with pointers to further info ... 3. Title: Unix System Security Author: Rik Farrow Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-201-57030-0 Comment: Another fine book on Unix security, but some errors ... 4. Title: Unix Security - A Practical Tutorial Author: Derek Arnold Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-07-002560-6 Comment: Covering the tools and techniques for managing and controlling security ... 5. Title: Site Security Handbook Authors: edited by Paul Holbrook and Joyce Reynolds Edition: 1991 Comment: A guide to setting computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet ... This is rfc1244.txt which is available by anonymous ftp from nic.ddn.mil (in rfc directory). Also, rfc1281.txt - Guidelines for the Secure Operation of the Internet ... 6. Title: Computer Security Basics Authors: Deborah Russell and G T Gangemi Sr. Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-71-4 Comment: A clear overview on many different security issues ... 7. Title: The Cuckoo's Egg Author: Cliff Stoll Publisher: Pocket Books Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-671-72688-9 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 (0-671-77879-X). H. Programming ****************** 1. Title: The Unix Programming Environment Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike Publisher: Prentice-Hall Edition: 1984 ISBN: 0-13-937681-X Comment: A true classic on Unix programming ... 2. Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment Author: Richard Stevens Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-56317-7 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** A going-to-be classic on how programs work under Unix ... The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books). 3. Title: Advanced Unix Programming Author: Marc Rochkind Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1985 ISBN: 0-13-011818-4 Comment: A superb book covering all system calls in detail ... 4. Title: The C Programming Language Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 2nd ed. 1988 ISBN: 0-13-110362-8 Comment: This book is 200% a MUST for any C programmers ... And the answers to the exercises can be found in "C Answer Book" ... written by Tondo and Gimpel and published by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-109653-2). 5. Title: C - A Reference Manual Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steele Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 3rd ed. 1991 ISBN: 0-13-110933-2 Comment: An authoritative reference to C programming language, and a good companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ... 6. Title: The Waite Group's New Primer C Plus Authors: Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata Publisher: Sams Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-672-22687-1 Comment: A really good introduction to C for beginners ... 7. Title: C: The Complete Reference Author: Herbert Schildt Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-07-881538-X Comment: Another classic on the C language ... 8. Title: Practical C Programming Author: Steve Oualline Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-65-X Comment: Yet another good C book describing how to create programs that are easy to read, maintain and debug ... 9. Title: C Programming for Unix Author: John Valley Publisher: Sams Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-672-48518-4 Comment: A comprehensive book on C programming on Unix systems ... 10. Title: Using C on the Unix System Author: David Curry Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-937175-23-4 Comment: This book is directed to (would-be) system programmers ... 11. Title: Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries Author: Don Libes Publisher: Wiley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-471-57805-3 Comment: With practical C programming hints and winning programs from the Obfuscated C Code Contests ... With a disk containing the source codes ... 12. Title: The Berkeley Unix Environment Author: Nigel Horspool Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 ISBN: 0-13-089368-4 Comment: **** Highly Recommended **** An excellent book on C programming for Berkeley Unix system ... " a companion text intended for use in college and university courses concerned with Compiler Construction, Software Engineering and Operating Systems " 13. Title: The Waite Group's C++ Programming Author: John Berry Publisher: Sams Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-672-22771-1 Comment: A fine book on OOP with C++ (for Unix and Dos) ... 14. Title: The C++ Programming Language Author: Bjarne Stroustrup Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 2nd ed. 1991 ISBN: 0-201-53992-6 Comment: A classic reference on C++ ... 15. Title: C++: The Complete Reference Author: Herbert Schildt Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-07-881654-8 Comment: Another good text on C++ ... 16. Title: C++: Inside Out Author: Bruce Eckel Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-07-881809-5 Comment: A fast-paced and illuminating guide to C++ ... 17. Title: Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms Author: James Coplien Publisher: Addison-Wesely Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-54855-0 Comment: An advanced book for any C++ expert-wanna-be ... 18. Title: Managing Projects with make Authors: Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 2nd ed. 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-90-0 Comment: An unique text on using make for software development ... 19. Title: The AWK Programming Language Authors: Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan and Peter Weinberger Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1988 ISBN: 0-201-07981-X Comment: A complete description of awk by its authors ... 20. Title: Sed and Awk Author: Dale Dougherty Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-937175-59-5 Comment: A very good work on programming / text processing with sed and awk ... 21. Title: Programming Perl Authors: Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-937175-64-1 Comment: The authoritative guide to Perl - the programming language for for any serious Unix users ... 22. Title: Learning Perl Author: Randal L. Schwartz Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-042-2 Comment: If you find the Camel Book (above) too difficult for learning the Perl language, this one (aka the Llama Book) should help you as it is a smooth, carefully-paced, well-written tutorial ... 23. Title: Writing A Unix Device Driver Authors: Janet Egan and Tom Teixeria Publisher: Wiley Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 ISBN: 0-471-53574-5 Comment: A classic book on writing programs to control hardware devices ... 24. Title: Writing Unix Device Drivers Authors: George Pajari Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-52374-4 Comment: An easy-to-understand book covering character, block, terminal, and stream drivers ... I. TeX ********** 1. Title: The TeXbook Author: Donald Knuth Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 1990 ISBN: 0-201-13448-9 Comment: The Bible ... A definite guide to typesetting with TeX ... 2. Title: TeX for the Impatient Author: Paul Abrahams Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-201-51375-7 Comment: A more user-friendly handbook on TeX ... 3. Title: TeX for Beginner Author: Wynter Snow Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-201-54799-6 Comment: A good tutorial-type book for novice users of TeX... 4. Title: LATeX - A Document Preparation System Author: Leslie Lamport Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 1986 ISBN: 0-201-15790-X Comment: The bible for LATeX users ... J. X Window System ********************** 1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 (Standard(MIT) or Motif) ISBN: 0-56592-014-7 (Standard), 0-56592-015-5 (Motif) Comment: Volume 3 in O'Reilly's excellent X-Window series ... A fairly useful tutorial-type book to X11R5 ... [ BTW, some other books in O'Reilly's X Window System series ... Vol. 0 - X Protocol Reference Manual, for X 11 R4 and R5 Vol. 1 - Xlib Programming Manual, for X11 R4 and R5 Vol. 2 - Xlib Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5 Vol. 4 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, R5 Vol. 5 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5 (An update for owner of Vols 1, 2, 4 and 5 ... Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window System, Version 11) Vol. 6 - Motif Programming Manual Vol. 7 - XView Programming Manual (also XView Reference Manual) Vol. 8 - X Window System Administrator's Guide, for X11 R5 (with a CD-ROM) The X Window System in a Nutshell PHIGS Programming Manual / Reference Manual PEXlib Programming Manual / Reference Manual ] 2. Title: The X Window System - A User's Guide Author: Niall Mansfield Publisher: Addison Wesley Edition: 2nd ed. 1993 ISBN: 0-201-54438-5 Comment: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ... 3. Title: X Window Inside & Out Author: Levi Reiss and Joseph Radin Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-07-881796-X Comment: A recent text on using and programming X Window ... 4. Title: X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt Author: Doug Young Publisher: Prentice Hall Edition: 1990 (Motif) or 1992(Open Look) ISBN: 0-13-497074-8 (Motif), 0-13-982992-X (Open Look) Comment: An excellent book on X programming ... K. Dictionaries and Glossaries ********************************** 1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary Author: Eric Raymond Publisher: MIT Press Edition: 1991 ISBN: 0-262-68069-6 Comment: This book corresponds to version 2.9.6 of the on-line jargon file ... The latest (at the time of writing) is version 3.0.0 (jargon300.txt.gz) which is available by anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) or wuarchive.wustl.edu (in mirrors/gnu) ... Changes since the publication of this book can be found in the file jargon-upd.z. (*.gz are files compressed by GNU zip (gzip)) ... From Eric Raymond's posting _So You Want To Be A UNIX Wizard? (The Loginataka)_ : .... Speak, O Guru: What books should I study? Are the O'Reilly "Nutshell" guides a good place to start? O, Nobly Born: know that the O'Reilly books are but the palest Shadow, the outermost Portal of the True Enlightenment. If thou desirest with True Desire to tread the Path of Wizardly Wisdom, first learn the elementary Postures of Kernighan & Pike's _The_Unix_Programming_ Environment_; then, absorb the mantic puissance of March Rochkind's _Advanced_ Unix_Programming_ and W. Richard Stevens's _Advanced_Programming_In_The_UNIX_ Environment_. Immerse thyself, then, in the Pure Light of Maurice J. Bach's _The_Design_Of_The_UNIX_Operating_System_. Neglect not the Berkelian Way; study also _The_Design_Of_The_4.3BSD_UNIX_Operating System_ by Samuel Leffler, Kirk McKusick et. al. For useful hints, tips, and tricks, see _UNIX_Power_ Tools_, Tim O'Reilly, ed. Consider also the dark Wisdom to be gained from contemplation of the dread _Portable_C_And_UNIX_Systems_Programming_*, e'en though it hath flowed from the keyboard of the mad and doomed Malvernite whom the world of unknowing Man misnames "J. E. Lapin". [ * Portable C and Unix System Programming was published by Prentice Hall (Edition: 1987, ISBN: 0-13-686494-5) ] These tomes shall instruct thy Left Brain in the Nature of the UNIX System; to Feed the other half of thy Head, O Nobly Born, embrace also the Lore of its Nurture. Don Libes's and Sandy Ressler's _Life_With_UNIX_ will set thy Feet unerringly upon that Path; take as thy Travelling Companion the erratic but illuminating compendium called _The_New_Hacker's_Dictionary_ (Eric S. Raymond, ed., with Guy L. Steele Jr.). (In this wise shalt thou travel the Way of the Camel.) .... 2. Title: Smileys Author: David Sanderson and Dale Dougherty Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-041-4 Comment: A "dictionary" of the smileys(aka: emoticons) ... :-) 3. Title: Internet Users' Glossary Authors: Gary Malkin and Tracy LaQuey Parker Edition: January 1993 Comment: A glossary that concentrates on terms that are special to the Internet ... This document (rfc1392.txt) can be obtained by anon-ftp from /rfc at nic.ddn.mil ... L. Other Lists ****************** 1. Title: Yet Another Book List Author: Mitch Wright Edition: Jun 25, 1993 Comment: This is an excellent compilation of almost all Unix and C book titles along with info for locating them and short reviews and summaries of book contents ... You can get it (yabl) by anonymous ftp from ftp.rahul.net (in /pub/mitch/YABL) ... 2. Title: X Technical Bibliography Author: Ken Lee Edition: Nov 4, 1992 Comment A good collection of publicly available X window system technical materials ... The bibliography is posted periodically on comp.windows.x (?) ... and can be obtained by anonymous ftp from gatekeeper.dec.com (in /pub/X11/contrib) or export.lcs.mit.edu (in /contrib) - look for the file Xbibliography ... 3. Title: Network Reading List: TCP/IP, Unix and Ethernet Author: Charles Spurgeon Edition: 3.5 Feb 1992 Comment: This annotated list describes those items that cover the subject areas well. It is obtainable by anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net (in /inet/doc) ... 4. Title: Recent Internet Books Author: John Quarterman Edition: March 1993 Comment: This is a list of books related to using the Internet ... The document (rfc1432.txt) can be obtained by anon-ftp from /rfc at nic.ddn.mil ... 5. Title: Catalog of O'Reilly Books Authors: O'Reilly staff Edition: Oct 1993 Comment: You get can it (e.g. book.catalog.Z) by anonymous ftp from ftp.ora.com ... where you can also find source codes for examples in many books in the Nutshell and X series ... Or read the catalog on O'Reilly gopher server (telnet gopher.ora.com login: gopher or gopher gopher.ora.com (if a gopher client is installed) ... And to get a hard copy of their catalog-plus-magazine called "ora.com", mail letters@ora.com ... Also, to know more about the GNN (Global Network Navigator), an Internet-based Information Centre launched by O'Reilly, send an e-mail to info@gnn.com ... M. Other Books ****************** 1. Title: Inside Windows NT Author: Helen Custer Publisher: Microsoft Press Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-55615-481-X Comment: The authoritative technical reference on Windows NT (the ultimate challenge to Unix ?) ... And "Windows NT Answer Book" (written by Jim Groves, ISBN: 1-55615-562-X" is an easier-to-read, question-answer text on NT ... 2. Title: Decline and Fall of the American Programmer Author: Edward Yourdon Publisher: Yourdon Press Edition: 1992 ISBN: 0-13-203670-3 Comment: Despite the title, this is a very good book on the technical and management aspects of software development ... 3. Title: High Performance Computing Author: Kevin Dowd Publisher: O'Reilly Edition: 1993 ISBN: 1-56592-032-5 Comment: Very illuminating on the technological aspects of RISC workstations ... 4. Title: Novell NetWare 4 - the Complete Reference Author: Tom Sheldon Publisher: McGraw Hill Edition: 1993 ISBN: 0-07-881909-1 Comment: Probably the best book on the latest version of Novell NetWare ( which provides better support for global networking) ... -- ><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^->< | Samuel C. Ko (aka The Smart One / BOZO) <--> a celebrity & DOS/UNIX wizard :) :) kko@sfu.ca <--> Outspoken,Highly-talented,Charming... I post this for You! | [-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-]