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- From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Search for BSD books
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- References: <1992Aug13.232233.14035@aiware.in-berlin.de>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 00:37:07 GMT
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- scm@aiware.in-berlin.de (Harald Schmidt) writes:
-
- >I would like to start working with 386BSD, but there are
- >no books like these from UNIX System V3.2, no programming mans,
- >no reference mans and no admin books.
-
- Three books you should look at:
-
- For internals, you need "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD
- UNIX Operating System" by Leffler, McKusic, Karels and Quarterman.
- Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1. *The* book on the internals
- of BSD 4.3. May be slightly out-of-date with the 4.4isms that have
- crept into Jolix and BSDI, but still far and away your first choice.
-
- For system administration, get "UNIX System Administration Handbook",
- by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass. Prentice-Hall, 1989,
- ISBN 0-13-933441. 591 pages. Paperback. This is the book to have if
- you've got BSD or derivatives (Sun, Mt. Xinu, Sequent, etc). Requires
- expertise to read, but pretty well done.
-
- For UNIX programming in general, there's an excellent new book "Advance
- Programming in the UNIX Environment" by W. Richard Stevens.
- Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-56317-7. 744 pages. Broad and
- detailed, highly recommended. Quite reasonably priced for the size,
- approx $50.00 US.
-
- >Does anybody knowns where I can buy those books?
-
- In Germany? You've got me.... but undoubtably there are US bookstores
- which ship overseas.
- --
- "If life were fair, the acquisition of a large bosom or a massive inheritance
- would have no bearing on your ability to attract the opposite sex, and Dan
- Quayle would be making a living asking runny-nosed children, `Do you want
- fries with that?'" -- John Cleese, "Corporate Computing" magazine
-