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Beginning Unix (Programmer to Programmer)
by: Paul Love, Joe Merlino, Craig Zimmerman, Jeremy C. Reed, Paul Weinstein

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.432
EAN: 9780764579943
ISBN: 0764579940
Label: Wrox
Manufacturer: Wrox
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: April 29, 2005
Publisher: Wrox
Sales Rank: 384111
Studio: Wrox

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* Covering all aspects of the Unix operating system and assuming no prior knowledge of Unix, this book begins with the fundamentals and works from the ground up to some of the more advanced programming techniques
* The authors provide a wealth of real-world experience with the Unix operating system, delivering actual examples while showing some of the common misconceptions and errors that new users make ? Special emphasis is placed on the Apple Mac OS X environment as well as Linux, Solaris, and migrating from Windows to Unix
* A unique conversion section of the book details specific advice and instructions for transitioning Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux users

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- great and timeless Unix information here
This review first appeared in the AZTCS journal.

When I glanced at this book, my first question was, "Who are these guys on the cover?" Before scanning the contents and index, my usual first step in examining a new book, I searched for the cover credits. I found none.

I use the term Unix as the authors use the term, to designate all Unix based systems including Linux, Solaris, OSX, and the BSDs as well as Unix.

The 400+ page paperback book is divided into 21 chapters. Each chapter ends with exercises; the solutions are found at the end of the book. The book's copyright is 2005 but the fundamentals of the Unix based operating systems don't change much so this book is by no means out of date.

Included is a CD of KNOPPIX 3.7. This is an old version of KNOPPIX but very usable for the authors' purpose of learning Unix. By using the live CD, it is possible to ... Read More

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- Try another book
Here are a bunch of problems I discovered with this book(I had to omit half of them because of amazon's 1000 word limit for reviews):

1) Links (p.63)
There are some contradictory statements in this section. I found a website that does a good job of explaining hard links v. soft links, and it uses diagrams. Why didn't the authors use diagrams?

2) Deleting Files (p.73)
The authors say the rm command(remove) has a -f option that will remove a file without prompting for confirmation, e.g.

rm -f filename

However, when I use the rm command *without using the -f option*, it removes files without prompting for confirmation anyway. So, I'm left wondering what the -f option does. I have to use rm -i to make rm prompt me for confirmation before removing the file. The authors mention that you can create aliases for commands, which essentially means you can ... Read More

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- from rags to riches
i'me new to unix. when i started reading this book i thought what a waste of money but after completing chapter 2 and reading through chapter 3 i realized that it was a gem in disguise. i still haven't finished reading it because i'me reviewing it about 3 weeks after i got it, but i have been messing around knoppix and now, i installed FreeBsd and currently all the examples in the book work. i feel comfortable. By the way, the examples at the end of the book make it somewhat of a school text and it gives u a little challenge at times but they are not gravely difficult.

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- Great book for Beginners to Unix/Linux/Mac OS X
Great book for beginners to the Unix/Linux or Mac OS X operating system. The two appendices with the conversion from Mac (both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9) to Unix and Windows to Unix is helpful for those who are used to working with Windows or Mac and want to transfer their knowledge of those operating systems to the Unix/Linux world. These sections identify the fundamentals of the operating systems and how they are similar to Unix/Linux. There is also information on the different programs that are similar between the systems.

The rest of the book assumes the reader has no knowledge of Unix/Linux and progresses from the basics of the operating system to more in-depth topics as the book continues to later chapters. The inclusion of the Knoppix Linux operating system allows the reader to follow the book while using a complete Unix environment (with no changes to the thier installed operating system).

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