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UNIX user's handbook

by Marty Poniatowski
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Overview

The in-depth UNIX guide for every end-user: completely updated and full of examples!

  • For every key UNIX platform: practical examples, real depth!
  • Covers all basic UNIX commands, plus sed, grep, awk, vi, and more
  • Complete shell programming coverage—plus NEW programming section covering C/C++, Java(tm), and Internet development
  • KornShell, Bash, C Shell, and Shell Programming
  • Windows interoperability, in depth: Samba, NFS, Windows 2000 Services for UNIX, and much more

UNIX end-users desperately need an up-to-date reference guide with real depth: one that teaches UNIX commands and doesn't just list them! In UNIX User's Handbook, Second Edition, best-selling UNIX author Marty Poniatowski covers every topic UNIX users need to master—with exceptional clarity and practical, real-world examples. Part I brings together thorough coverage of virtually every key aspect of day-to-day UNIX operation and end-user administration. Part II presents an in-depth programming reference. Part III covers every leading option for Windows interoperability. You'll find fast, easy answers for all this and more:

  • Getting started: login, mail, Internet access, and key UNIX file management commands
  • All basic UNIX commands and a complete UNIX file system overview (cd, cp, file, ls, mv, pwd, rm, rmdir, cut, paste, split, sort, diff, and more)
  • Key UNIX tools—includiof find, vi, find, grep, sed, and awk
  • Shells and shell programming: Bash, Korn, and C
  • Full programming section—including a NEW user-centered introduction to C/C++ and Java
  • End-user administration: processes, startup, shutdown, users/groups, backup, software management, printing, and more
  • Networking and Internet protocols
  • UNIX/Windows interoperability: Samba, X Window, NFS, Posix, Windows 2000 Services for UNIX, and other alternatives
  • Performance and monitoring

This new edition has been updated throughout and redesigned for even faster, easier access to information. Whatever your experience, whatever UNIX version you use, you won't find a more useful reference!

About the Author, Marty Poniatowski

Marty Poniatowski, a technical consultant for Hewlett-Packard in the New York metropolitan area, has worked with UNIX systems since 1981. His best-selling books include HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook and Toolkit and HP-UX 11.x System Administration "How To" Book (Prentice Hall PTR).

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Book Details

Published
September 12, 2001
Publisher
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2001.
Pages
1472
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780130654199

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