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Advanced Unix Programming (2nd Edition)
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Author: Marc J. Rochkind
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0131411543
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co (23 April, 2004)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 1,201,019
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Outdated, but a fast intro to old-style Unix programming
My first two books about Unix Programming were "The Unix Programming Environment" by Kernighan and this book. Both are outdated, because when they were written there was no POSIX, XPG3 or ANSI C standards around.Kernighan's book is ideal for Unix beginner's and offers a friendly general introduction to Unix programming and also covers shell programming very well. Rochkind's book details the basic Unix system calls and libraries. I think that this book is still valuable and can be used as a fast course about old-style Unix programming. The best book on this subject is "Advanced Programming in Unix Environment" by Richard Stevens, that is well written, updated and covers much more topics, but takes a lot of time to read. My favorite part is when Rochkind comments the source code of a mini-shell that can help you understand the mechanism of a real Unix shell. But notice, Unix Network Programming isn't covered here.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Highly Informative
You should be familiar with general UNIX commands and the UNIX OS. This text will take you help you take advantages of the UNIX system. A lot of complex ideas are set forth. I highly recommend reading this book in between watching "Takin It All Off" and "Bikini Car Wash" videos, both of which are available through amazon.com VHS video department. The analytical aspects of this book are both analytical and very aspecty. Two things I look for in a computer-based book. If you are having difficulty with this text, then get a beginning text on UNIX, like "UNIX for Dummies".
Rating: 5 out of 5
Gotta have it when you start pgmming in Unix
A must have, must have, must have
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