UNIX Tool Building

Ingham, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0123708303 / ISBN 13: 9780123708304

Published by San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc. 1991, San Diego, CA, 1991

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Illustrated Boards. Very Fine/No Jacket. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 221 pages; a 7 p. index; Bibliographical references; book is on acid-free paper; from the Introduction: "The purpose of this book is to teach UNIX tool building by taking the reader through all facets of the design and implementation of a large, complete program. This book shows the reader the step-by-step development of 'watcher,' a complete UNIX tool whose function is detailed later." From the (c) page, it is not clear to me how this copy is to be classified, edition-wise; there are editions of this book published by Academic Press in San Diego (c) 1991, and the Academic Press U.K. Edition in London (no date given). Below, in Cataloging-in-Publication data paragraph, 1990 is given as the book's date. My guess is that the U.K. book was published in 1990, and this book is the 2nd printing of the first ediltion, or a First American edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNIX Tool Building
• Publisher: San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc. 1991, San Diego, CA
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123708303
• ISBN 13: 9780123708304
• Binding: Illustrated Boards
• Edition: First
• Condition: Very Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

A step-by-step guide to tool development using existing tools and custom-written programs, subroutines, and shell scripts. This book traces the development of an actual tool, known as watcher, to illustrate how the principles of tool development are applied in real-world situations. Special attention is given to "modular" strategy to reduce coding and debugging time. Finally, the book presents information on implementing and maintaining newly-developed tools.