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[misc.books.technical] A Concise Guide to UNIX Books
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** Compiled by: Samuel Ko (
[email protected],
[email protected])
" Unix will play a prominent - but not paramount - role in the world of
interoperability and open systems ... familiar to a high percentage of
students, it will continue to play its role as a locus of innovation. "
- International Data Corporation
** This is a good selection of the "best" books and documentation on
UNIX and related areas. The selection is based on i) recommendations
from netnews readers, ii) the US/Canada sales figures, and iii) a bit
of my own preference.
** Subject areas covered:
A. General Unix Texts
a. for beginning / intermediate users
b. for intermediate / advanced users
B. Shells
C. Unix Editors
D. Networking and Communications
E. The Internet
F. System Administration
G. Unix Security
H. Programming
I. TeX
J. X Window System
K. Dictionaries and Glossaries
L. Other Lists
M. Other Books (experimental)
** This guide is intended to be concise and to emphasize more on recent
publications, so it is far from exhaustive. For other bibliographies,
please read section L - Other Lists.
** THANKS to all who have helped in improving this guide. However, to save
some bandwidth, I do not want to include a long list of acknowledgment.
I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has contributed to
this compilation in one way or the other. This compilation is, therefore,
a product of the combined wisdom of netnews readers. (yes, errors and
shortcomings are my responsibility :-)
[[ BTW, from your responses since this list was first posted ...
The best publisher:
O'Reilly & Associates
The most-recommended books:
Unix Network Programming by Richard Stevens
Unix System Administration Handbook by Nemeth, Snyder and Seebass
The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog by Ed Krol
Unix Power Tools by Peek, O'Reilly, Loukides and others
A Student's Guide to Unix by Harley Hahn ]]
** If you think there are some other really good Unix books, please let me
know. Besides any comments, suggestions and flames will be very much
appreciated.
** I will try to update and post this list regularly. The latest version
is also obtainable by anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu (in
/pub/usenet/news.answers/books). If you do not have ftp or netnews access
you can get it by email from
[email protected] and the body
of your request should be send usenet/news.answers/books/unix .
** Please feel free to distribute this list as long as it is kept intact.
A. General Unix Texts
*************************
~ a. (more or less) for beginning / intermediate users -
0: Title: Unix for Dummies
Authors: John Levine and Margaret Levine Young
Publisher: IDG
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-878058-58-4
Comment: A fairly informal (funny) and non-technical introduction to Unix ...
1. Title: The Unix Operating System
Author: Kaare Christian
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
ISBN: 0-471-84781-X
Comment: A classic overview of Unix commands ... good in coverage ...
2. Title: A Practical Guide to the Unix System V Release 4
Author: Mark Sobell
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-8053-7560-0
Comment: A very good tutorial / reference book ...
3. Title: The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer
Authors: Mitchell Waite, Donald Martin and Stephen Prata
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
ISBN: 0-672-30194-6
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A very good hand-holding tutorial-type book for Unix/SVR4 ...
4. Title: Mastering SunOS
Authors: Brent Heslop and David Angell
Publisher: Sybex
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-89588-683
Comment: A good, comprehensive hand-on text to SunOS and OpenWindows ...
BTW, the authors have also written a book on Solaris 2 -
Mastering Solaris 2 (ISBN: 0-7821-1072-X)
5. Title: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix
Authors: Peter Norton and Harley Hahn
Publisher: Bantam Computer
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-553-35260-1
Comment: Good coverage ... A good introduction for beginners (especially
those accustomed to DOS) ...
6. Title: A Student's Guide to Unix
Author: Harley Hahn
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-07-025511-3
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A superb introduction to Unix ... In a clear and lively language,
the author tells the novice users everything they want to know
about Unix and the Internet - covering Unix commands, utilities,
shells, vi, X-Window, e-mail, netnews, ftp, gopher, etc ...
It should be an excllent textbook for any Unix introductory
course ...
" No experience necessary! " " Unix is fun. "
7. Title: Unix System V Release 4: An Introduction
Authors: Kenneth Rosen, Richard Rosinski and James Farber
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-07-881552-5
Comment: A very comprehensive text targeted to novice users ...
BTW, the authors have written a new book - 1001 Unix Tips -
to be published by Osborne/McGraw Hill (ISBN: 0-07-881924-5) ...
8. Title: Guide to the Unix Desktop
Authors: Chris Negus and Larry Schumer
Publisher: Unix Press
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 1-56205-114-8
Comment: A fine tutorial / reference text on SVR4.2 ...
9. Title: Learning Unix
Author: James Gardner
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-672-30001-X
Comment: With disks containing MSDOS simulation of Unix (MKS Tools) ...
A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant
access to Unix ...
10. Title: Portable Unix
Author: Douglas Topham
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-471-57926-2
Comment: A pretty good task-oriented quick reference ...
11. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone
Authors: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-13-536657-7
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An everything-you-want-to-know-about-Unix book ... It includes
info you might not find elsewhere ...
" This book is the "other" book about Unix ... a study in
reading between the lines - which is very much what learning
UNIX is like. "
12. Title: The Unix Industry
Author: Ed Dunphy
Publisher: OED
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-89435-390-X
Comment: Covering Unix technology and the structure of the Unix
marketplace ...
~ b. (more or less) for intermediate / advanced users -
13. Title: Unix for the Impatient
Authors: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-55703-7
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A comprehensive and in-depth reference to Unix ...
" a handbook you can use both as a manual to learn UNIX and as
a ready reference for fast answers to specific UNIX questions."
14. Title: Unix Power Tools
Authors: Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides (and other
Publisher: O'Reilly / Bantam contributors)
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-553-35402-7
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Simply great!!!
" [It] contains literally thousands of tips, scripts, and
techniques that make using UNIX easier, more effective, and
even more fun. "
With a CD-ROM disk containing PD programs and shell scripts ...
The shell scripts can also be obtained by anon-ftp from ftp.uu.net
(as /published/oreilly/power_tools/unix/upt.mar93.tar.Z)
15. Title: Unix System V Release 4: The Complete Reference
Author: Stephen Coffin
Publisher: McGraw Hall
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-07-881653-X
Comment: Another good book on Unix fundamentals and related subjects ...
16. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Tools
Author: Pete Holsberg
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-672-30202-0
Comment: A comprehensive guide to numerous Unix utilities ...
17. Title: Modern Unix
Author: Alan Southerton
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-471-54916-9
Comment: Covering selected topics like shells, X Window, networking ...
18. Title: Unix in a Nutshell
Authors: Daniel Gilly and O'Reilly staff
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 (for System V and Solaris 2)
ISBN: 1-56592-001-5
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An excellent desktop reference to almost all Unix commands ...
" a complete reference containing all commands and options, plus
generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in
context. "
Also, an edition for 4.3. BSD (ISBN: 0-937175-20-X) ...
19. Title: The Frequently Asked Questions List
Author: Ted Timar
Edition: 93/3/18 (frequently updated)
Comment: This is a multi-part list of often-asked Unix questions (with
answers). Read the postings on news.answers or get them by
anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/
unix-faq) ...
20. Titles: SCC reference cards
Authors: SSC staff
Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants
Edition: 1984-93
ISBN: 0-916151-**-*
Comment: These are some good, inexpensive reference / tutorial cards on
Unix commands, Bourne shell, Korn shell, emacs, vi, C, C++, etc ...
e.g. the new "Unix System Command Summary for SVR4.2/Solaris 2.1"
(ISBN: 0-916151-61-1) ...
Contact Belinda Frazier (
[email protected]) or
[email protected] for
more info ...
21. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System
Author: Maurice Bach
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1986
ISBN: 0-13-201799-7
Comment: An excellent reference on the internals of System V
This book and the next one are indeed highly technical ... And
if you just want a short case study on Unix, consult a good
operating systems text like Modern Operating Systems by
A. Tanenbaum or Operating System Concepts by A. Silberschatz,
J. Peterson and P. Galvin.
22. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System
Authors: S. Leffler, M. McKusick, M. Karels and J. Quarterman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-201-06196-1
Comment: An authoritative description of the design of BSD Unix ...
" It covers the internal structure of the 4.3BSD system and the
concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing
the system facilities. "
B. Shells
*************
1. Title: The Unix C Shell Field Guide
Authors: Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1986
ISBN: 0-13-937468-X
Comment: The C-Shell Bible - everything you need to know to understand
csh and use Unix effectively ...
2. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference
Author: Martin Arick
Publisher: QED Technical
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-89435-328-4
Comment: A more recent text on maximizing the use of C-Shell ...
3. Title: Unix Shell Programming
Authors: Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-672-48448-X
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A classic on using and programming Bourne Shell (and Korn Shell)
4. Title: Unix Shell Programming
Author: Lowell Arthur
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1990
ISBN: 0-471-51821-2
Comment: This covers not only common shells but also general software
tool concepts ...
5. Title: The Korn Shell Command and Programming Language
Authors: Morris Bolsky and David Korn
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1989
ISBN: 0-13-516972-0
Comment: The authoritative reference ...
6. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to the Korn Shell
Author: John Valley
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-672-48513-3
Comment: This one is easier to read than the work by Korn and Bolsky ...
7. Title: The KornShell User and Programming Manual
Author: Anatole Olczak
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-56548-X
Comment: An everything-you-want-to-know-about-KornShell book ...
8. Title: Korn Shell Programming Tutorial
Author: Barry Rosenberg
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-201-56324-X
Comment: A good tutorial on creating Korn shell scripts ...
C. Unix Editors
*******************
1. Title: GNU EMACS Manual
Author: Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation
Edition: 7th ed. 1991
Comment: The official manual of GNU Emacs, essential for emacs users ...
2. Title: Learning GNU Emacs
Authors: Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-937175-84-6
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Probably the best documentation on editing with GNU Emacs ...
3. Title: Desktop Guide to Emacs
Authors: Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-672-30171-7
Comment: Another good book on emacs ...
4. Title: GNU Emacs Unix Text Editing and Programming
Authors: M. Schoonover, J. Bowie and W. Arnold
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
Comment: Something for everyone who wants to use Emacs ...
5. Title: Learning the vi Editor
Author: Linda Lamb
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-937175-67-6
Comment: A very good guide to vi and ex commands, with a quick
reference card ...
6. Title: The Ultimate Guide to the vi and ex Text Editors
Author: Hewlett-Packard
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1989
ISBN: 0-8053-4460-8
Comment: Another decent text on vi and ex ...
7. Titles: vi Tutor and vi Reference
Authors: Robert Colon et. al. (Tut), Maarten Litmaati (Ref)
Editions: 2.1 (Tut), 8 (Ref)
Comment: The latest interactive tutorial (vitutor2.1.shar(.Z)) can be
obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.mines.colorado.edu (in
/pub/tutorials) ... And the refernce and other vi stuff are
obtainable by anon-ftp from ftp.uwp.edu (in /pub/vi) ...
D. Networking and Communications
*************************************
1. Title: Unix Networking
Authors: edited by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 1989
ISBN: 0-672-48440-4
Comment: Fairly technical on different issues of networking ...
2. Title: Managing NFS and NIS
Author: Hal Stern
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-75-7
Comment: A comprehensive, technical guide for system admins on distributed
computing tools - NFS and NIS(YP) ...
3. Title: Unix Network Programming
Author: Richard Stevens
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An excellent book on programming network softwares
The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp
from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books) ...
4. Title: Adventures in Unix Network Applications Programming
Authors: Bill Riekan and Lyle Weiman
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-471-52858-7
Comment: A fine book on network programming ...
5. Title: The Waite Group's Unix Communications
Authors: Bart Anderson, Bryan Costales and Harry Henderson
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-672-22773-8
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A really excellent book on e-mail (Mail, elm), netnews (rn, nn)
and UUCP ...
6. Title: Managing UUCP and Usenet
Authors: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 10 ed. 1992
ISBN: 0-937175-93-5
Comment: Well written on the setting-up and maintenance of UUCP
and Netnews ...
7. Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
Authors: Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
Comment: Well written on how to use uucp and netnews ...
8. Titles: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vols I, II and III
Authors: Douglas Comer and David Stevens
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Editions: 1991 - 2
ISBN: 0-13-468505-9 (I), 0-13-472242-6 (II), 0-13-474222-2 (III)
Comment: A detailed discussion on the architecture and implementation of
the Internet and its protocols ...
Vol I (on principles, protocols and architecture) is readable by
everyone, Vol 2 (on design, implementation and internals) and
Vol 3 (on client-server computing) are fairly technical.
9. Title: TCP/IP Network Administration
Author: Craig Hunt
Publisher: O'Reiily
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-937175-82-X
Comment: With everything you need to know about the installation and
running of a TCP/IP network ...
10. Title: DNS and BIND
Authors: Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 1-56592-010-4
Comment: A unique guide on domain name system for system admins ...
" DNS and BIND discusses one of the Internet's fundamental
building blocks: the distributed host information database
that's responsible for translating names into addresses,
routing mail to its proper destination and many other services."
11. Title: Power Programming with RPC
Author: John Bloomer
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-937175-77-3
Comment: Covering the nuts and bolts of distributed application development
using IPCs, RPCs, and associated integration techniques ...
12. Title: Understanding DCE
Authors: W. Rosenberry, D. Kenney and G. Fisher
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 1-56592-005-8
Comment: A book on the basics of OSF's DCE ...
And there is a companion text "Guide to Writing DCE Applications"
written by John Shirley.
13. Title: Unix, Posix, and Open Systems
Authors: John Quarterman and Susanne Wilhelm
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-201-52772-3
Comment: This book is about standards for open systems related to
Posix and Unix ...
E. The Internet
*******************
1. Title: The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog
Author: Ed Krol
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 1-56592-025-2
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Definitely a MUST for any new and not-so-new Internet users ...
" It is a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering
everything from the basics, like electronic mail and newsgroups,
to the newest developments. A large part of the book tells you
how to find the resources you want. "
2. Title: Zen and the Art of the Internet
Author: Brendan Kehoe
Edition: 1st ed. 1992
Comment: A comprehensive overview of the Internet for beginners ...
This document, in different formats, can be obtained by
anonymous ftp from world.std.com (in /obi/Internet/zen-1.0) or
ftp.cs.widener.edu (in /pub/zen) or as zen10.zip from
/pub/misc/books at oak.oakland.edu.
The second edition (with 30 more pages and changes) is published
by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-010778-6).
3. Title: The Internet Companion
Authors: Tracy LaQuey and Jeanne Ryer
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-201-62224-6
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Written in clear, non-technical language, this is a very good
guide to the Internet for beginners ...
" your guide to the intricacies and unique culture of the
Internet. "
The online version of the first three chapters can be obtained
by anon-ftp from /OBS/The.Internet.Companion at world.std.com ...
4. Title: Internet: Getting Started
Authors: A. Marine, S. Kirkpatrick, V. Leou and C. Ward
Edition: 1992
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-327933-2
Comment: Yet another book on the Internet ... this one has more on
initiating Internet access ...
Certain sections - those on internet service providers - are
obtainable by anon-ftp from /netinfo at ftp.nisc.sri.com ...
5. Title: Internet System Handbook
Authors: edited by Daniel Lynch and Marshall Rose
Publisher: Addision-Wesley
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-201-56741-5
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A very good and comprehensive technical reference about the
Internet System ... covering the underlying technologies
and the Internet infrastructure ...
6. Title: The Internet Message
Author: Marshall Rose
Edition: 1992
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-092941-7
Comment: This covers the technological aspects of e-mail ...
7. Title: E-Mail: Pervasive and Persuasive in IEEE Spectrum
Authors: Tekla Perry and John Adam
Edition: October 1992 Volume 29 Number 10
Pages: 22 - 33
Comment: An interesting special report on E-Mail networks ...
8. Title: (Updated) Internet Services List
Author: Scott Yanoff
Edition: 93/5/1 (frequently updated)
Comment: This is a great list with many useful internet addresses ...
This compilation is posted frequently on alt.internet.services
and news.answers ... Or you can get it by anonymous ftp from
csd4.csd.uwm.edu (as /pub/inet.services.txt) or rtfm.mit.edu
(as /pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/list) ...
9. Title: SURAnet Guide to Selected Internet Resources
Authors: SURAnet Network Information Centre
Edition: May 1993
Comment: This guide points you to the rich information resources residing
on the Internet ... You can get it (infoguide.5-93.txt) by
anon-ftp from /pub/nic at ftp.sura.net ...
F. System Administration
****************************
1. Title: Unix System Administration Handbook
Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1989
ISBN: 0-13-933441-6
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Classic, also known as the sys-admin Bible ...
" an attempt to condense everything that a system administrator
should know about UNIX into a single, easy-to-use volume "
Source codes for programs listed (sa-book.tar.Z) can be
obtained by anonymous ftp from boulder.colorado.edu (in
/pub/sa-book) or oak.oakland.edu (in /pub/unix-c/sysadmin).
2. Title: Unix System V Release 4 Administration
Authors: David Fiedler, Bruce Hunter and Ben Smith
Publisher: Hayden
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-672-22810-6
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ...
" you'll find the information you need to organize a practical,
efficient, and productive UNIX system "
3. Title: Essential System Administration
Author: Aeleen Frisch
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-80-3
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A must for serious users / sys admins of Unix ...
" It provides a compact, manageable treatment of the tasks and
issues that everyone responsible for a UNIX system faces. "
4. Title: Unix System - Advanced Administration and Management Handbook
Author: Bruce Hunter and Karen Hunter
Publisher: MacMillan
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-02-358950-7
Comment: Another good book on system administration ...
5. Title: System Performance Tuning
Author: Mike Loukides
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-937175-60-9
Comment: A fine book for sys admins on how to fine tune your Unix
system(s) to do more work ...
6. Title: Downsizing to Unix
Author: Steven Glines
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 1-56205-074-5
Comment: A book for people involved or interested in downsizing mainframe
data-processing to a distributed Unix network ...
7. Title: Dropping The Mainframe without Crushing the Users
Authors: Peter Van Epp and Bill Baines
Edition: Nov 1992
Comment: A biased choice :-) ... This is a paper describing the migration at
Simon Fraser University from centralized mainframe (MTS) to
distributed computing (Unix) in 9 months ...
This paper (LISA-VI.paper.ps(.Z) (postscript - 16 pages) can be
obtained by anon-ftp from ftpserver.sfu.ca (in /pub/ucspapers).
G. Unix Security
********************
1. Title: Practical Unix Security
Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-72-2
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
Simply the best book in this field ...
" everything you need to know to make your UNIX system as
secure as it can be. "
2. Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators
Author: David Curry
Publisher: Addision Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-56327-4
Comment: Good and comprehensive coverage ... with pointers to
further info ...
3. Title: Unix System Security
Author: Rik Farrow
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-201-57030-0
Comment: Another fine book on Unix security, but some errors ...
4. Title: Unix Security - A Practical Tutorial
Author: Derek Arnold
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0-07-002560-6
Comment: Covering the tools and techniques for managing and
controlling security ...
5. Title: Site Security Handbook
Authors: edited by Paul Holbrook and Joyce Reynolds
Edition: 1991
Comment: A guide to setting computer security policies and procedures
for sites that have systems on the Internet ...
This is rfc1244.txt which is available by anonymous ftp from
nic.ddn.mil (in rfc directory). Also, rfc1281.txt - Guidelines
for the Secure Operation of the Internet ...
6. Title: Computer Security Basics
Authors: Deborah Russell and G T Gangemi Sr.
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-71-4
Comment: A clear overview on many different security issues ...
7. Title: The Cuckoo's Egg
Author: Cliff Stoll
Publisher: Pocket Books
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-671-72688-9
Comment: A fascinating real story on computer espionage ...
A good alternative to this is "Cyberpunk" written by Katie Hafner
and John Markoff and published by Touchstone Book (0-671-77879-X).
H. Programming
******************
1. Title: The Unix Programming Environment
Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Edition: 1984
ISBN: 0-13-937681-X
Comment: A true classic on Unix programming ...
2. Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment
Author: Richard Stevens
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-56317-7
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
A going-to-be classic on how programs work under Unix ...
The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp
from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books).
3. Title: Advanced Unix Programming
Author: Marc Rochkind
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1985
ISBN: 0-13-011818-4
Comment: A superb book covering all system calls in detail ...
4. Title: The C Programming Language
Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
ISBN: 0-13-110362-8
Comment: This book is 200% a MUST for any C programmers ...
And the answers to the exercises can be found in "C Answer Book"
... written by Tondo and Gimpel and published by Prentice Hall
(ISBN: 0-13-109653-2).
5. Title: C - A Reference Manual
Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steele
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 3rd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-13-110933-2
Comment: An authoritative reference to C programming language, and a good
companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ...
6. Title: The Waite Group's New Primer C Plus
Authors: Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-672-22687-1
Comment: A really good introduction to C for beginners ...
7. Title: C: The Complete Reference
Author: Herbert Schildt
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-07-881538-X
Comment: Another classic on the C language ...
8. Title: Practical C Programming
Author: Steve Oualline
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-65-X
Comment: Yet another good C book describing how to create programs that
are easy to read, maintain and debug ...
9. Title: C Programming for Unix
Author: John Valley
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-672-48518-4
Comment: A comprehensive book on C programming on Unix systems ...
10. Title: Using C on the Unix System
Author: David Curry
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-937175-23-4
Comment: This book is directed to (would-be) system programmers ...
11. Title: Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries
Author: Don Libes
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-471-57805-3
Comment: With practical C programming hints and winning programs from
the Obfuscated C Code Contests ...
With a disk containing the source codes ...
12. Title: The Berkeley Unix Environment
Author: Nigel Horspool
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
ISBN: 0-13-089368-4
Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
An excellent book on C programming for Berkeley Unix system ...
" a companion text intended for use in college and university
courses concerned with Compiler Construction, Software
Engineering and Operating Systems "
13. Title: The Waite Group's C++ Programming
Author: John Berry
Publisher: Sams
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-672-22771-1
Comment: A fine book on OOP with C++ (for Unix and Dos) ...
14. Title: The C++ Programming Language
Author: Bjarne Stroustrup
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-201-53992-6
Comment: A classic reference on C++ ...
15. Title: C++: The Complete Reference
Author: Herbert Schildt
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-07-881654-8
Comment: Another good text on C++ ...
16. Title: Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms
Author: James Coplien
Publisher: Addison-Wesely
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-54855-0
Comment: An advanced book for any C++ expert-wanna-be ...
17. Title: Managing Projects with make
Authors: Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-90-0
Comment: An unique text on using make for software development ...
18. Title: The AWK Programming Language
Authors: Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan and Peter Weinberger
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1988
ISBN: 0-201-07981-X
Comment: A complete description of awk by its authors ...
19. Title: Sed and Awk
Author: Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-59-5
Comment: A very good work on programming / text processing with
sed and awk ...
20. Title: Programming Perl
Authors: Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-937175-64-1
Comment: The authoritative guide to Perl - the programming language for
for any serious Unix users ...
21. Title: Writing A Unix Device Driver
Authors: Janet Egan and Tom Teixeria
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
ISBN: 0-471-53574-5
Comment: A classic book on writing programs to control hardware devices ...
22. Title: Writing Unix Device Drivers
Authors: George Pajari
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-52374-4
Comment: An easy-to-understand book covering character, block, terminal,
and stream drivers ...
I. TeX
**********
1. Title: The TeXbook
Author: Donald Knuth
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 0-201-13448-9
Comment: The Bible ... A definite guide to typesetting with TeX ...
2. Title: TeX for the Impatient
Author: Paul Abrahams
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-201-51375-7
Comment: A more user-friendly handbook on TeX ...
3. Title: TeX for Beginner
Author: Wynter Snow
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-201-54799-6
Comment: A good tutorial-type book for novice users of TeX...
4. Title: LATeX - A Document Preparation System
Author: Leslie Lamport
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 1986
ISBN: 0-201-15790-X
Comment: The bible for LATeX users ...
J. X Window System
**********************
1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide
Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1993 (Standard(MIT) or Motif)
ISBN: 0-56592-014-7 (Standard), 0-56592-015-5 (Motif)
Comment: Volume 3 in O'Reilly's excellent X-Window series ...
A fairly useful tutorial-type book to X11R5 ...
[ BTW, some other books in O'Reilly's X Window System series ...
Vol. 0 - X Protocol Reference Manual, for X 11 R4 and R5
Vol. 1 - Xlib Programming Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
Vol. 2 - Xlib Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
Vol. 4 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, R5
Vol. 5 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
(An update for owner of Vols 1, 2, 4 and 5 ...
Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window System, Version 11)
Vol. 6 - Motif Programming Manual
Vol. 7 - XView Programming Manual
(also XView Reference Manual)
Vol. 8 - X Window System Administrator's Guide, for X11 R5
The X Window System in a Nutshell
PHIGS Programming Manual / Reference Manual
PEXlib Programming Manual / Reference Manual ]
2. Title: The X Window System - A User's Guide
Author: Niall Mansfield
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition: 2nd ed. 1993
ISBN: 0-201-54438-5
Comment: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ...
3. Title: X Window Inside & Out
Author: Levi Reiss and Joseph Radin
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-07-881796-X
Comment: A recent text on using and programming X Window ...
4. Title: X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt
Author: Doug Young
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 1990 (Motif) or 1992(Open Look)
ISBN: 0-13-497074-8 (Motif), 0-13-982992-X (Open Look)
Comment: An excellent book on X programming ...
K. Dictionaries and Glossaries
**********************************
1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
Author: Eric Raymond
Publisher: MIT Press
Edition: 1991
ISBN: 0-262-68069-6
Comment: This book corresponds to version 2.9.6 of the on-line
jargon file ... The latest (at the time of writing) is
version 2.9.12 (jargon2912.txt.z) which is available by
anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) or
wuarchive.wustl.edu (in mirrors/gnu) ... Changes since the
publication of this book can be found in the file jargon-upd.z.
(*.z are files compressed by GNU zip (gzip)) ...
From Eric Raymond's posting _So You Want To Be A UNIX Wizard? (The
Loginataka)_ :
...
Speak, O Guru: What books should I study? Are the O'Reilly "Nutshell"
guides a good place to start?
O, Nobly Born: know that the O'Reilly books are but the palest Shadow, the
outermost Portal of the True Enlightenment.
If thou desirest with True Desire to tread the Path of Wizardly Wisdom, first
learn the elementary Postures of Kernighan & Pike's _The_Unix_Programming_
Environment_; then, absorb the mantic puissance of March Rochkind's _Advanced_
Unix_Programming_ and W. Richard Stevens's _Advanced_Programming_In_The_UNIX_
Environment_. Immerse thyself, then, in the Pure Light of Maurice J. Bach's
_The_Design_Of_The_UNIX_Operating_System_. Neglect not the Berkelian Way;
study also _The_Design_Of_The_4.3BSD_UNIX_Operating System_ by Samuel Leffler,
Kirk McKusick et. al. For useful hints, tips, and tricks, see _UNIX_Power_
Tools_, Tim O'Reilly, ed. Consider also the dark Wisdom to be gained from
contemplation of the dread _Portable_C_And_UNIX_Systems_Programming_*, e'en
though it hath flowed from the keyboard of the mad and doomed Malvernite whom
the world of unknowing Man misnames "J. E. Lapin".
[ * Portable C and Unix System Programming was published by Prentice Hall
(Edition: 1987, ISBN: 0-13-686494-5) ]
These tomes shall instruct thy Left Brain in the Nature of the UNIX System;
to Feed the other half of thy Head, O Nobly Born, embrace also the Lore
of its Nurture. Don Libes's and Sandy Ressler's _Life_With_UNIX_ will
set thy Feet unerringly upon that Path; take as thy Travelling Companion
the erratic but illuminating compendium called _The_New_Hacker's_Dictionary_
(Eric S. Raymond, ed., with Guy L. Steele Jr.).
(In this wise shalt thou travel the Way of the Camel.)
...
2. Title: Smileys
Author: David Sanderson and Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 1-56592-041-4
Comment: A "dictionary" of the smileys(aka: emoticons) ... :-)
3. Title: Internet Users' Glossary
Authors: Gary Malkin and Tracy LaQuey Parker
Edition: January 1993
Comment: A glossary that concentrates on terms that are special to
the Internet ... This document (rfc1392.txt) can be obtained
by anon-ftp from /rfc at nic.ddn.mil ...
L. Other Lists
******************
1. Title: Yet Another Book List
Author: Mitch Wright
Edition: Jan 22, 1993
Comment: This is an excellent compilation of almost all Unix and C book
titles along with info for locating them and short reviews and
summaries of book contents ...
You can get it (yabl) by anonymous ftp from ftp.rahul.net (in
/pub/mitch/YABL) ...
2. Title: X Technical Bibliography
Author: Ken Lee
Edition: Nov 4, 1992
Comment A good collection of publicly available X window system technical
materials ... The bibliography is posted periodically on
comp.windows.x (?) ... and can be obtained by anonymous ftp from
gatekeeper.dec.com (in /pub/X11/contrib) or export.lcs.mit.edu
(in /contrib) - look for the file Xbibliography ...
3. Title: Network Reading List: TCP/IP, Unix and Ethernet
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Edition: 3.5 Feb 1992
Comment: This annotated list describes those items that cover the subject
areas well. It is obtainable by anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net
(in /inet/doc) ...
4. Title: Recent Internet Books
Author: John Quarterman
Edition: March 1993
Comment: This is a list of books related to using the Internet ... The
document (rfc1432.txt) can be obtained by anon-ftp from /rfc
at nic.ddn.mil ...
5. Title: Catalog of O'Reilly Books
Authors: O'Reilly staff
Edition: May 1993
Comment: You get can it (book.catalog.Z) by anonymous ftp from
ftp.ora.com ... where you can also find source codes for examples
in many books in the Nutshell and X series ... Or read the catalog
on O'Reilly gopher server (telnet gopher.ora.com login: gopher
or gopher gopher.ora.com (if a gopher client is installed) ...
And to get a hard copy of their catalog-plus-magazine called
"ora.com", mail
[email protected] ...
M. Other Books
******************
1. Title: Inside Windows NT
Author: Helen Custer
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 1-55615-481-X
Comment: The authoritative technical reference on Windows NT (the ultimate
challenge to Unix ?) ...
And "Windows NT Answer Book" (written by Jim Groves, ISBN:
1-55615-562-X" is an easier-to-read, question-answer text on NT ...
2. Title: Decline and Fall of the American Programmer
Author: Edward Yourdon
Publisher: Yourdon Press
Edition: 1992
ISBN: 0-13-203670-3
Comment: Despite the title, this is a very good book on the technical
and management aspects of software development ...
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