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Archive-name: books/unix Last-modified: Sept 22 1992 Version 1.4 [misc.books.technical] A Concise Guide to Unix Books -------------------------------------------------------- (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 ...