Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

Jepson, Brian, Rothman, Ernest E.

ISBN 10: 0596003560 / ISBN 13: 9780596003562

Published by O'Reilly Media, Incorporated, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596003560
• ISBN 13: 9780596003562
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its BSD core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Even if you're an experienced Mac user, Mac OS X is unlike earlier Macs, and it's radically different from the Unix you've used before, too.Enter "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks" by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman, two Unix geeks who found themselves in the same place you are. Their new book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Mac-specific components that are making your life difficult and to help ease you into the Unix inside Mac OS X. This concise book includes such topics as:

• A quick overview of the Terminal application
• Understanding Open Directory (LDAP) and NetInfo
• Issues related to using the GNU C Compiler 9GCC
• Library linking and porting Unix software
• An overview of Mac OS X?s filesystem and startup processes
• Creating and installing packages using Fink
• Building the Darwin kernel
• Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X

The book wraps up with a quick manpage-style reference to the "Missing Manual Pages"--commands that come with Mac OS X although there are no manpages.If you find yourself disoriented by the new Mac environment, Mac OS X for Unix Geeks can help you acclimate yourself quickly to the familiar, yet foreign, Unix landscape.

About the Author

Brian Jepson is an O'Reilly editor, programmer, and co-author of Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks and Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther. He's also a volunteer system administrator and all-around geek for AS220, a non-profit arts center in Providence, Rhode Island. AS220 gives Rhode Island artists uncensored and unjuried forums for their work. These forums include galleries, performance space, and publications. Brian sees to it that technology, especially free software, supports that mission.