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Paperback Unix Complete Book

ISBN: 078212528X

ISBN13: 9780782125283

Unix Complete

UNIX Complete is a one-of-a-kind computer book -- valuable both for its broad content and its low price. This book contains the essentials you need to know about using the popular operating system of universities and research centers, as well as at many Fortune 500 companies. Enormously powerful, UNIX is also complex enough to require that users first read a tutorial and then keep a reference handy for specialized commands. With UNIX Complete, you'll learn how to get the most out of UNIX System V -- from building file systems to connecting to remote computers and the Internet, and using mainstream programs. As you become more proficient with UNIX, you'll find the UNIX System V Desk Reference to be an invaluable daily tool. This comprehensive reference quickly puts every command, option, and concept at your fingertips. UNIX Complete introduces you to the work of some of Sybex's finest authors, so you'll know where to go to learn even more about what's possible with UNIX. Inside: Getting Started * Gaining access to the Internet * Learning the SCO Unix GUI * Using simple commands File Systems Understanding directories, trees, and hierarchies Creating your own files Establishing home rule and permissions Setting up electronic mail Your Own Personalized Unix Changing your password Choosing your shell Creating login profiles Exploiting the Shell Shell and Subshell Variables More on Metacharacters Advanced Shell Scripts Reaching Out to Remote Computers UUCP & UUCP security Unix and Networking: Reaching the Promised LAN Accessing the Internet Basic System Administration Essential administration Backing Up X Windows Exposed X Windows Managers: Open Look and Motif Using X X Marks the Spot: The Future of X Windows Inside Windows -- Opening the Door to Mainstream Applications Unix Applications... Get 'em Now Vision and Merge Reference Guide The Complete UNIX Desk Reference: an A-Z listing of UNIX commands and concepts

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Good for Beginners, but...

This book is a great book if you're starting out UNIX, which it was for me. However, it doesn't show you much in the way of UNIX's programming enviroments for other languages (C, C++, etc.). But because of the really nice reference that this book supplies, it'll most likely stay on my shelf for a very long time.And one more note - the author tends to be biased towards SCO Unix (now part of Caldera) and will, from time to time, incorporate SCO-only commands.

Good Reference Book

This book, I have found, is not especially conducive to reading straight through. However it serves my purposes as a refence tool quite well. The last 500 pages are nothing but explanations of the [most] commands available in UNIX. There are very few examples in this area of the book though. Overall, page for page, I think you'll find this book gives you the most quantitative and qualitative information for your buck.

An indispensible book for Linux novices

This is the first computer book ever to make me cheerful reading it. The book proceeds slowly and carefully through the essentials of Unix. No flummery, no witchcraft.Everyone with a MS-DOS background who is starting out into Linux , as I am, should start with this book.

Good Tutorial & Reference

I needed this book to get up to speed for a course that used UNIX. I now have a good enough knowledge of the system to do simple scripts and a referece at my fingertips. Everything is explained clearly and quickly. It's the smartest $20 you can spend ona UNIX book!

Excellent book as a 1st

This is the the first unix book I bought. I love it a lot. It teaches you the fundamentals of how to use the operating system. With a desktop reference of commands, utilites, and terms you will refer to this book for years. You are getting a robust amount of information of unix for your dollar.
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