UNIX User's Handbook (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Poniatowski, Marty; Poniatowski, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130654191 ISBN 13: 9780130654199

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2001

Synopsis

UNIX User's Guide, Second Edition is the up-to-date UNIX reference with real depth, offering fast answers and practical examples for any leading UNIX variant. Part I covers day-to-day system operation and administration: login, mail, Internet, networking, commands, filesystems, tools, and more. Part II presents an in-depth programming reference. Part III reviews each leading Windows interoperability option.

About this title

About the Author

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).

From the Back Cover

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—including in-depth coverage of 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!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130654191
• ISBN 13: 9780130654199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1472