From: hancu@crim.ca (Marius Hancu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.romanian
Subject: Good Unix Books for Romania (II)
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:29:43 GMT
Organization: CRIM


TITLE: Data Structures and C Programs.
AUTHOR: Van Wyk, Christopher
SUBJECT: C programming
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 387
ISBN: 0-201161-16-8
APPROX_COST: 41.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma@rodan.acs.syr.edu
KEYWORDS: C, Data Structures
COMMENTS
	The author is from Bell Labs and this is also one of my favorite books
	for learing C programming with different kinds of data structures."
	[ *** NOTE: Has been reprinted with corrections *** ]
 
TITLE: Data Structures and Program Design in C
AUTHOR: Kruse, Robert L.
AUTHOR: Leung, Bruce P.
AUTHOR: Tondo Clovis L.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 525
ISBN: 0-13-725649-3
APPROX_COST: 47.00
KEYWORDS: C, Data Structures
COMMENTS:
   From back cover:
	This introduction to data structures using the C programming
	language emphasizes problem specification and program design;
	analysis, testing, and verification; and program correctness
   
TITLE: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System
AUTHOR: Leffler, Samuel J.
AUTHOR: McKusick, Marshall Kirk
AUTHOR: Karels, Michael J.
AUTHOR: Quarterman, John S.
SUBJECT: Design of BSD UNIX
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 471
ISBN: 0-201-06196-1
APPROX_COST: 39.00
KEYWORDS: Internals, Kernel, BSD
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	These are the primary people who are responsible for 4.3 BSD.
 
	--From back cover--
	This book is the first authoritative description of the design and
	implementation  of the research version of the UNIX System developed
	at the University of California at Berkeley.  It covers the INTERNAL
	structure of the 4.3BSD system and the concetps, data structures, and
	algorithms used in implementing the system facilites.  The book also
	includes a chaper on the implementation of TCP/IP -- a networking
	protocol suite widely implemented throughout the world.
 
	Both philosophical and design issues of 4.3BSD are discussed, as well
	as details of the actual implementation.  In most cases, the
	discussion starts at the system-call level and descends from the
	interface to the kernel down to the hardware itself.  The kernel
	includes system facilities such as process management, memory
	management, the I/O system, the filesystem, the socket IPC mechanism,
	and network-protocol implementations. 
 
	The Design and Implemenation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System is an 
	in-depth study of a contemporary operating system.  This book assumes
	that the reader understands basic operating-system terminology and has
	some familiarity with any version of the UNIX System and with the C
	programming language. Therefore, this book is suitable for
	operating-system implementors, systems programmers, and UNIX
	application developers. 
 
TITLE: The Design of the Unix Operating System
AUTHOR: Bach, Maurice J.
SUBJECT: Design of UNIX
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1986
PAGES: 471
ISBN: 0-13-201799-7
APPROX_COST: 47.20
KEYWORDS: SYSV, AT&T
COMMENTS
	A good generic introduction to kernel operation. (System V)
 
TITLE: Efficient C
AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas
AUTHOR: Brodie, Jim
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Plum Hall
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 150 
ISBN: 0-911537-05-8
APPROX_COST: 25.00
COMMENTS
	This is a useful book.  Portability is one aspect of programming in C.
	Efficiency is the other.  Many use C because it allows them the
	freedom to tie the programs down to the hardware in order to run
	efficiently. This book is an excellent guide and when combined with
	Jon Bentley's book on writting efficient programs gives one an
	excellent background in measuring programs and fine tuning them.
 
TITLE: Essential System Administration
AUTHOR: Frisch, AEleen
SUBJECT: Administration
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1992
PAGES: 466
ISBN: 0-937175-80-3
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: System admin.
SUPPLIERS:
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TITLE: Exploring the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G. 
AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
DATE: 1984
PAGES: 370
ISBN: 0-8104-6268-0
APPROX_COST: 22.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
KEYWORDS: Introduction
COMMENTS
	A very good intro. book to UNIX. Has chapters on UNIX file system,
	Bourne shell, vi, Program development, security, communications, and
	administration. 
 
TITLE: GNU Emacs:  UNIX Text Editing and Programming
AUTHOR: Schoonover, Michael
AUTHOR: Bowie, John
AUTHOR:	Arnold, Bill
SUBJECT: GNU Emacs
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 640
ISBN: 0-201563-45-2
APPROX_COST: 26.95
KEYWORDS: Emacs, Editor, GNU
SUGGESTED_BY: Michael Schoonover <michael@hpfclw.fc.hp.com>
SUPPLIERS
	Ordering info: 1-800-333-0088
COMMENTS
	. Examples, examples, examples.

	. Appendix on switching from vi to Emacs; has vi-to-Emacs
	  command mappings for all your favorite vi commands.

	. Separate chapters on general programming, C mode, Fortran
	  mode, and Lisp modes; also, an appendix on the non-standard
	  Pascal mode written by Vincent Broman.

	. Extensive chapter on customizing Emacs, with many examples.

	. Emacs-Lisp programming appendix (40 pages worth of info),
	  with examples of using common Emacs-Lisp functions.

	. Comprehensive command reference with commands and variables
	  grouped together by function, so you don't have to wade
	  through voluminous alphabetical lists of commands and
	  functions.  In addition, the command reference refers you to
	  pages in the manual where detailed info is found.

	. Command summary at the end of each chapter.

	. Printed on recycled paper!
  
TITLE: Guide to OSF/1:  A Technical Synopsis
AUTHOR: Staff at O'Reilly & Associates
SUBJECT: OSF
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: <year>
PAGES: 304
ISBN: 0-937175-78-1
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: OSF, Unix
SUPPLIERS:
	nuts@ora.com or 1-800-338-NUTS
COMMENTS:
	This technically-competent introduction to OSF/1 is based on
	OSF technical seminars.  In addition to its description of
	OSF/1, it includes the differences between OSF/1 and System V
	Release 4, and a look ahead at DCE.
   
TITLE: Internetworking with TCP/IP
AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas
SUBJECT: Networking
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 382
ISBN: 0-13-470154-2
APPROX_COST: 47.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	-- From back of book
	This comprehensive book begins with a discussion of the TCP/IP
	technology and the Internet in general terms, summarizing the services
	provided and the history of their development.
 
	The remainder of the book looks at the architecture of the Internet,
	the TCP/IP technology, and the applications that use it in more
	detail.  It discusses the fundamentals of protocols like TCP/IP as
	well as showing how they fit into the internet.  In additon to
	providing details, the book highlights the general principles
	underlying network protocols, and explains why the TCP/IP protocols
	adapt easily to so many underlying network technologies.  Readers will
	find a brief summary of the network hardware used throughout the
	Internet that focuses on the features of each technology that are of
	primary importance to an Internet architect. 
 
TITLE: Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1, 2nd Edition
AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas E.
SUBJECT: Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 547
ISBN: 0-13-468505-9
APPROX_COST: 52.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@cirrus.com>
COMMENTS:
	If you thought the first book was good, wait until you get ahold
	of this second set.  Now it's two volumes....
  
TITLE: Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 2, 2nd Edition
AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas E.
AUTHOR: Stevens, David L.
SUBJECT: Networking: Design, Implementation, and Internals
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 532
ISBN: 0-13-472242-6
APPROX_COST: 49.00
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@cirrus.com>
  
TITLE: Introducing The UNIX System
AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry
AUTHOR: Morgan, Rachel
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company
DATE: 1983
PAGES: 556
ISBN: 0-07-045001-3
APPROX_COST: 27.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
	Introductory for the most part, but far more extensive than Gauthier's
	book. There are two chapters on editors and two on text formatting
	that are the best I have seen in this type book.  There is even a
	chapter on system management. 
 
	... a later edition of this book was targeted specifically to
	System V.   -- Henry
 
TITLE: Introducing UNIX System V
AUTHOR: Morgan, Rachel
AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 612
ISBN: 0-07-043152-3
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COST: 19.95 PBK
COMMENTS
	It gives the user a good working knowledge of a number of commands
	and packages.  I emphasize that it is a user book, by no means a
	technical manual.  I assume by the difficulty in getting it in these
	parts that it is pretty popular.
 
TITLE: An Introduction to Berkeley Unix
AUTHOR: Wang, Paul
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 512
ISBN: 0-534-08862-7
APPROX_COST: 36.75
UNIX_FLAVORS: BSD
COMMENTS
	If you need a BSD oriented book, then I don't think you would find a
	more thorough introductory book.
 
TITLE: The Kornshell, Command and Programming Language
AUTHOR: Korn, David G.
AUTHOR: Bolsky, Morris I.
SUBJECT: Korn shell programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 356
ISBN: 0-13-516972-0
APPROX_COST: 30.00
KEYWORDS: ksh, SYSV
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	The book to have if you are beginning to learn the ksh.
 
TITLE: Learning GNU Emacs
AUTHOR: Cameron, Deb
AUTHOR: Rosenblatt, Bill
SUBJECT: Editing
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1992
PAGES: 442
ISBN: 0-937175-84-6
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: Emacs, Editor, GNU
SUPPLIERS:
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COMMENTS:
	A book aimed at new Emacs users, whether or not they are
	programmers.
 
TITLE: Learning the UNIX Operating System
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 76
ISBN: 0-937175-16-1
APPROX_COST: 9.00
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUPPLIERS
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TITLE: Learning the vi Editor, 5th Edition
AUTHOR: Lamb, Linda
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 192
ISBN: 0-937175-67-6
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUPPLIERS
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TITLE: Life With UNIX
AUTHOR: Libes, Don
AUTHOR: Ressler, Sandy
SUBJECT: Introduction and Overview of UNIX
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 350
ISBN: 0-13-536657-7
APPROX_COST: 30.95
KEYWORDS: Introduction, Overview
COMMENTS
        - A comprehensive overview of UNIX.  Major sections are:
 
	  UNIX in Time - Usual trash plus history of user groups,
		universities, with a comprehensive "who's who" in
		UNIX history.  Present & Future deals with where
		UNIX is now and where its going - companies,
		standards and dialects are treated at length.
 
	  UNIX Information - How people really learn about UNIX.
		Discussion of books, magazines, conferences, and, of
		course,	source code.
 
	  Inside UNIX - In-depth descriptions of UNIX from three
		different perspectives - user, programmer and
		adminstrator.
 
          Outside UNIX - Third-party stuff.  Discussions of how UNIX
		has prospered/withered in face of real-world problems.
		Underground - archives, USENET, public access UNIX,
		GNU, MINIX, public-domain and/or free software, etc.
 
          This book is quite unusual, not only because of its scope, but
          because it prints things that have never appeared in print (for one
          reason or another) - things that most people don't realize or find
          until years after they have used UNIX.  It is essentially a
          "reading between the lines" of all the other UNIX manuals, books
          and magazines.  Lastly, "Life With UNIX" is chock full of amusing
          UNIX stories and anecdotes, all designed to provide you with key
          insights into why UNIX is the way it is.  "Life with UNIX" is a
          must book for UNIX beginners to UNIX gurus.
 
	{ Best! Best! Best!  Hooray -- loved it!!!  S.B.Bassett }
    
TITLE: lex & yacc
AUTHOR: Mason, Tony
AUTHOR: Brown, Doug
SUBJECT: Unix lex and yacc utilites
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 238
ISBN: 0-937175-49-8
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: lex, yacc
SUPPLIERS:
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COMMENTS:
	Shows programmers how to use two UNIX utilities, lex and yacc, 
	to solve problems in program development.  Includes explanations 
	of the concepts and tutorial examples, as well as detailed technical 
	information for advanced users.
  
TITLE: MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers
AUTHOR: Peek, Jerry
SUBJECT: Electronic mail
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 598
ISBN: 0-937175-633
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: E-mail, MH
SUPPLIERS:
	nuts@ora.com
	1-800-338-NUTS
   
TITLE: Managing NFS and NIS
AUTHOR: Stern, Hal
SUBJECT: Networking
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 436
ISBN: 0-937175-75-7
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: YP, NIS, NFS, PC/NFS
SUGGESTED_BY: stern@sunne.East.Sun.COM (Hal Stern - Consultant)
SUPPLIERS:
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COMMENTS: 
the book includes the usual discussions of setting up and administering
NFS and NIS, but it focuses much more on the system design, on-going
maintenance, growth management and performance tuning issues that
seem to create the most problems.   the chapters include:
	- NIS applications: how to build your own maps, and write
		applications that use NIS map files
	- NFS design and operation: what biod and nfsd really do.
		how file attribute caching works.
	- Using NFS and NIS to centralize mail delivery
	- Network Security, including a discussion of Secure RPC/NFS
	- Diagnostic Tools, focusing on debugging and problem isolation
	- Performance Analysis and Tuning
	- The Automounter
	- PC/NFS
there's also an appendix describing various NFS benchmarking techniques
and tools.  
     
TITLE: Managing Projects with Make, 2nd Edition
AUTHOR: Oram, Andrew
AUTHOR: Talbot, Steve
SUBJECT: Introduction to make(1)
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 135
ISBN: 0-937175-90-0
APPROX_COST: 17.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUPPLIERS
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	Phone#: 1-800-338-NUTS
  
TITLE: Managing UUCP and USENET, 10th Edition
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
SUBJECT: Introduction to UUCP and Usenet
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 368
ISBN: 0-937175-93-5
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
SUPPLIERS
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	1-800-338-NUTS
COMMENTS
	For all its widespread use, UUCP is one of the most difficult UNIX 
	utilities to master.  This book is for system administrators who 
	want to install and manage UUCP and Usenet software. "Don't even 
	TRY to install UUCP without it!" -- Usenet message 456@nitrex.UUCP
   
TITLE: Modern Operating Systems
AUTHOR: Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
SUBJECT: Operating systems
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1992
PAGES: <715+>
ISBN: 0-13-588187-0
APPROX_COST: <??.??>
KEYWORDS: OS, UNIX, Plan 9, MACH
COMMENTS
   From the preface...
	[...]
	During the past 15 years, I have personally helped design
	and implement three different operating systems: 
	TSS-11 (PDP-11), MINIX (IBM PC, Atari, Amiga, Macintosh,
	and SPARC), and Amoeba (80386, Sun-3, SPARC, and VAX). I have
	drawn on this long experience to emphasize those topics that 
	actually matter in real systems. All the subjects that are 
	expected in an undergraduate text on operating systems are
	included here, including processes, interprocess communication,
	semaphores, monitors, message passing, classical IPC problems,
	scheduling, swapping, virtual memory, paging algorithms,
	segmentation, file systems, security, [...]
	-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum
 
TITLE: Notes on the Draft C Standard
AUTHOR: Plum, Thomas
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Plum Hall
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 92 
ISBN: 0-911537-06-6
APPROX_COST: 10.00
COMMENTS
	Tom Plum is the Vice Chair of the ANSI X3J11 committee, so who better
	to write this book than he?  However, as with any of the other C books
	that treat the ANSI C Standard, it does not cover the Standard in it's
	final form due to the fact that it has yet to be adopted.  However,
	the price is about $10, so it makes a good pickup to keep informed
	about the standard and how it differs from K&R C.
 
TITLE: Numerical Recipes in C, The Art of Scientific Computing
AUTHOR: Press, William H.
AUTHOR: Flannery, Brian
AUTHOR: Teukolsky, Saul
AUTHOR: Vetterling, William
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 735
ISBN: 0-521-35465-X
APPROX_COST: 44.50
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	". . . it is the one book to buy if you are going to have to solve
	anything numerically on a computer." - Dr. Dobb's Journal
 
TITLE: The Open Book
AUTHOR: Rose, Marshall T.
SUBJECT: OSI
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 651
ISBN: 0-13-643016-3
APPROX_COST: 
KEYWORDS: Networking
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS:
	-- From back cover --
	This book is an important contribution to the networking literature
	for two reasons.  First, it is one of the clearest expositions of the 
	OSI architecture and protocols, and it deals with concrete issues, 
	including implementation matters.  Second, it seeks to explicate ways
	in which the TCP/IP Internet community may accommodate the phased 
	introduction of OSI protocols.  This latter contribution is of prime 
	importance if this large and rapidly growing community is to benefit
	from the heavy vendor community investment in OSI software and
	services.
		-- Vint Cerf, Chariman, Internet Activities Board
 
TITLE: Operating  Systems, Design  and Implementation
AUTHOR: Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
SUBJECT: OS Design
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 719
ISBN: 0-13-637406-9
APPROX_COST: 40.00
KEYWORDS: MINIX, UNIX
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com>
COMMENTS
	-- From back cover --
	o Covers the fundamental principles in detail including processes,
	interporcess communication, semaphores, monitors, message passing,
	remote procedure call, scheduling algorithms input/output, 
	deadlocks, device drivers, memory management, paging algorithms,
	file system design, network file servers, atomic transactions,
	security, and protection mechanisms.
	o discusses one system -- MINIX, a UNIXX-compatible operating
	system -- in detail to illustrate the principles.
	o provides a complete source code listing of MINIX for study.
 
TITLE: Operating System Design, The XINU approach
AUTHOR: Comer, Douglas
SUBJECT: OS Design
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1984
PAGES: 486
ISBN: 0-13-637539-1
APPROX_COST: 39.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com>
COMMENTS:
	-- From back cover --
	In this book, Douglas Comer, dispels the magic from operating system
	design and consolidates the body of material into a systematic
	discipline...
 
	The author guides you through the construction of a conventional
	process-based system, using practical straightforward primitives...
  
TITLE: POSIX Programmer's Guide
AUTHOR: Lewine, Donald
SUBJECT: POSIX
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 640
ISBN: 0-937175-73-0
APPROX_COST: 34.95
KEYWORDS: Posix, standards
SUPPLIERS:
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TITLE: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix
AUTHOR: Norton, Peter
AUTHOR: Hahn, Harley
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 560
ISBN: 0-553-35260-1
APPROX_COST: 26.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Lawrence R. Gibes <lgibes@teal.csn.org>
 
TITLE: Portable C Software
AUTHOR: Horton, Mark
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 400
ISBN: 0-13-868050-7
APPROX_COST: 32.95
COMMENTS:
	** From the back jacket:
 
	Portable C Software is designed for professional programmers and
	students who want to write portable C code between System V
	implementations, POSIX, MS DOS, and other operating systems.
 
	Assuming a working knowledge of C, this book addresses and rates
	each feature of the C software environment.  Shell commands, system
	calls, external variables, and macros are discussed and examined
	in detail.
 
	The author provides an advanced introduction to C, describes how
	best to write portable software, examines what not to do, discusses
	common mistakes, and includes an invaluable portability reference
	manual.  In this extensive manual, the author rates the portability
	of the following
 
	   o	subroutines available in C libraries
	   o	operating system calls
	   o	header include files
	   o	predefined variables in the C library
	   o	UNIX(R) system shell commands
 
	Portable C Software offers concise, current coverage of C, and
	will be an important reference for anyone who writes C programs.
 
	Of the nearly 400 pages, about 250 are reference material.  Some of it 
	is fairly detailed.  If you find any errors, or have any suggestions
	for the next edition, please drop me a note at
 
			Mark.Horton@ATT.COM
 
	Thanks to everyone who made helpful suggestions or otherwise
	contributed to the book.  -- Mark
 
TITLE: Portable C and UNIX System Programming
AUTHOR: Lapin, J.E.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 249
ISBN: 0-13-686494-5
KEYWORDS: Portable C
COMMENTS
	A useful book, mostly because there are no others written on this
	topic, yet... 
 
TITLE: Practical C Programming
AUTHOR: Oualline, Steve
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1992
PAGES: 420
ISBN: 0-937175-65-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: C, programming
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TITLE: A Practical guide to UNIX System V
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G.
SUBJECT: UNIX System V
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 577
ISBN: 0-80-538915-6
APPROX_COST: 32.25
 
TITLE: A Practical Guide to the Unix System (2nd ed.)
AUTHOR: Sobell, Mark G.
SUBJECT: UNIX Guide
PUBLISHER: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 632
ISBN: 0-80-530243-3
APPROX_COST: 27.95
 
TITLE: Practical UNIX Security
AUTHOR: Garfinkel, Simson
AUTHOR: Spafford, Gene
SUBJECT: Unix security
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 512
ISBN: 0-937175-72-2
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: security
SUPPLIERS:
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SUGGESTED_BY: "Cliff Stoll" <cliff@cfa.harvard.edu>
COMMENTS
        Here's how to secure your Unix system -- where the security
        holes are, what to watch out for, how outsiders break in,
        how to secure your system in a networked environment.
        The best technical book on the subject that I've seen,
        written for systems people who need to know.  It'll save
	you its purchase price in asprin.
  
TITLE: Power Programming with RPC
AUTHOR: Bloomer, John
SUBJECT: RPC Programming
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 494
ISBN: 0-937175-77-3 
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: RPC, Nutshell
SUPPLIERS:
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COMMENTS
   Contents include:
	-- The foundations of remote procedure calling; what it is,
	   how it works and what vendors support it.
	-- What RPC offers to application and product developers.
	-- How RPC fits into a distributed computing environment
	-- ONC and DCE, a comparison of their similarities and differences. 
	-- How to develop, debug and deploy networked applications.
	-- Understanding the interprocess control (IPC) mechanisms on 
	   which RPC is based.
	-- Using remote procedure calling in parallel/distributed 
	   processing and scheduling.
	-- Using remote procedure calling with windowing systems.
	-- Examples of distributed applications using both single and 
	   multiple concurrent servers.
  
TITLE: Programming perl
AUTHOR: Wall, Larry
AUTHOR: Schwartz, Randal L.
SUBJECT: Programming in perl
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 465
ISBN: 0-937175-64-1
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: perl, nutshell
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@oz.com>
SUPPLIERS:
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	OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!  I've had mine since USENIX and it's been with
	me since then.  I just don't leave home without it.  This book is
	for you if you are even slightly interested in perl as a language,
	and it's easy reading and excellent examples will make you, as
	Randal would say ``Just Another Perl Hacker''.  It is even worth
	reading if you are not  *yet* interested in the language.
	Programming perl is very light reading and in the words of Larry:
	"...mildly amusing in some spots (and wildly amusing in others)." 

	From back cover: Perl is a language for easily manipulating  text
	files and processes.  Perl provides a more concise and readable way to
	do many jobs that were formally accomplished (with difficulty) by
	programming in the C language or one of the shells.  Even though Perl
	is not yet a standard part of UNIX, it is likely to be available at
	any UNIX site.  And if it isn't, users can get it and install it
	easily and FREE of charge. 
 
TITLE: Programming with Curses
AUTHOR: Strang, John
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1986
PAGES: 76
ISBN: 0-937175-02-1
APPROX_COST: 12.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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COMMENTS
	curses is a UNIX library of functions for controlling a terminal's 
	display screen from a C program.  This handbook helps you make use of 
	the curses library.
 
TITLE: sed & awk
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
SUBJECT: Sed and awk programming
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 414
ISBN: 0-937175-59-5
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: sed, awk
SUPPLIERS:
	nuts@ora.com -or- 1-800-338-NUTS
  
TITLE: The SPARC System Developer's Guide
AUTHOR: Leventhal, L.
AUTHOR: Rohner, J.
SUBJECT: SPARC Assemble Language
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag
DATE: 1989
PAGES: <pages>
ISBN: 0-387-97251-X
APPROX_COST: 39.95
KEYWORDS: SPARC
 
TITLE: The Standard C Library
AUTHOR: Plauger, P.J.
SUBJECT: C Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 498
ISBN: 0-13-131509-9
APPROX_COST: 28.00
KEYWORDS: C, libc, programming
   
TITLE: Software Engineering in C.
AUTHOR: Darnell, Peter A.
AUTHOR: Margolis, Philip E.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 612
ISBN: 0-387-96574-2
APPROX_COST: 29.95
SUGGESTED_BY: srvarma@rodan.acs.syr.edu
COMMENTS 
	One of the finest books I have seen for beginners. Highly recommended
	even for intermediate-level C programmers.
 
TITLE: Software Tools
AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian W.
AUTHOR: Plauger, P. J.
SUBJECT:  How to write programs that make good tools.
PUBLISHER:  Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1976
PAGES: 338
ISBN: 0-201-03669-X
APPROX_COST: 20.00
KEYWORDS: programming, top-down design, software engineering.
COMMENTS
	The language used is RATFOR but it looks enough like C
	to be used by anyone who knows or is learning C.
	The book purports to contain generic examples that might
	be on any system; the reader will recognise many similarities
	to UNIX.
	Several UNIX-like commands and features are discussed in
	detail. Many UNIX design considerations and philosophies
	are explained.
 
TITLE: System Performance Tuning
AUTHOR: Loukides, Mike
SUBJECT: System Performance
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 336
ISBN: 0-937175-60-9
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: performance, nutshell
SUPPLIERS:
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COMMENTS:
	*** From: ORA Fall/Winter 1990 Catalog
	System Performance Tuning answers one of the most fundamental 
	questions you can ask abou your computer: "How can I get it to
	do more work without buying more hardware?"  Anyone who has
	ever used a computer has periodically wished that the system
	was faster, particularly at times when it was under heavy load.
  
TITLE: Termcap & Terminfo, 3rd Edition
AUTHOR: Strang, John
AUTHOR: Mui, Linda
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 270
ISBN: 0-937175-22-6
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: Tricks of the UNIX Masters
AUTHOR: Sage, Russel G.
SUBJECT: Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Co
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 400
ISBN: 0-672-22449-6. 
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	a "must add" to your list of UNIX books. For about $20, you'll get a
	lot of nifty little tricks & tips you won't pick up unless you've got
	a good UNIX guru to coach you.  The style is relaxed & aimed at a bit
	above the novice UNIX user (experienced programmer with sparse UNIX 
	exposure).
   
TITLE: Typesetting Tables on the UNIX System
AUTHOR: McGilton, Henry	
AUTHOR: McNabb, Mary	
SUBJECT: Using the 'tbl' utility
PUBLISHER: Trilithon Press, 334 State St., Ste. 106 Los Altos CA 94022
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 280
ISBN: 0-9626289-0-5
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: Typesetting, tbl, troff
COMMENTS
	-- From the back cover:
 
	Reviewers said:
		"You're a pair of lunatics!" -- James Gosling, Sun Micro
		"Good Grief!" -- Ken Greer, Elan Computer Group, Inc.
		"Three Hundred Pages on TBL?!?" -- Prof. Powell, U. Minn
 
	I (S.B.Bassett) rather agree, but I wish there were more lunatics like
	these two, who would do a thorough job of documenting the workings of
	various cryptic, arcane, and downright quirky UNIX utilities for the
	benefit of those of us without source . . .
 
	I actually enjoyed reading this -- Henry sent me a complimentary copy
	in the hopes that I would review it here (thanks, Henry, I did), and I
	figured out why I had so much trouble with 'tbl' on a former job -- I'd
	have paid several times the price for a copy of this 2 years ago.  Too
	bad I'm not doing tech writing any more . . . ;^)
 
TITLE: The UNIX C Shell Field Guide
AUTHOR: Anderson, Gail
AUTHOR: Anderson, Paul
SUBJECT: C-Shell Guide
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1986
PAGES: 374
ISBN: 0-13-937468-X
APPROX_COST: 31.00
KEYWORDS: C-shell, csh
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
	I have heard this called the C-Shell Bible.
   
TITLE: UNIX Curses Explained
AUTHOR: Goodheart, Berny
SUBJECT: Complete Curses and Terminfo reference
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 304
ISBN: 0-13-931957-3
SUGGESTED_BY: goodheart_berny@tandem.com
KEYWORDS: Introduction, Overview, Curses
COMMENTS
        This is a complete text and reference book on UNIX Curses.
	It provides C programmers and UNIX users with the expertise to
	create, install and debug, Curses written applications and
	terminfo description files using the UNIX System V.3 Operating
	System.
 
	Will enable any C programmer to create UNIX Curses or terminfo 
	based programs.
 
	The text is based on UNIX System V.3 and refers to earlier
	releases where appropriate.
 
	In text examples on: using Curses; using Windows; color manipulation;
	using an alternative character set; pads; and terminfo.
 
	The book includes a full alphabetical reference section (120pp)
	documenting all curses functions from both past and present versions
	of the UNIX operating system.
 
	An appendix with terminfo reference tables for both the terminfo
	description designer and the C programmer.
 
TITLE: UNIX Network Programming
AUTHOR: Stevens, W. Richard
SUBJECT: UNIX Networking
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 772
ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
EDITION: 1990
APPROX_COST: 40.00
KEYWORDS: TCP/IP, XNS, SNA, NetBIOS, OSI, UUCP
SUGGESTED_BY: Richard Stevens ... { uunet | yale } ! hsi ! stevens
SUPPLIERS
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     	(201) 767-5994  for Government orders
COMMENTS
	-- From back cover
	As networking software becomes increasingly importat in today's world,
	a book that teaches programmers how to write and how better to use
	this technology has finally arrived.
 
	... is unique because it includes numerous case studies of real 
	network applications, as well as approximately 15,000 lines of
	C source code, take directly from their source files, to help further
	understanding of networking software.
 
	[ Source is available for anon. ftp at uunet.uu.net   ~mitch ]
 
TITLE: UNIX Networking
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: UNIX Networking
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 400
ISBN: 0-672-48440-4
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: Networking, TCP, NFS
SUGGESTED_BY: Frank W. Peters <peters@apple!CC.MsState.Edu>
COMMENTS
	An excellent book covering UUCP, TCP/IP, NFS, RPC, Streams, OSI, RFS,
	X11 and NeWS (Sun's postscript based graphical protocol). Each chapter
	serves as an excellent programmers introduction to the topic
	discussed." 
 
TITLE: UNIX Papers for UNIX Developers & Power Users
AUTHOR: The Waite Group Editors - edited by Mitchell Waite
SUBJECT: UNIX Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard W. Sams & Co
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 518
ISBN: 0-672-22578-6
APPROX_COST: 26.95
COMMENTS
	This is a collection of papers.  Some of the them are introductions
	and others cover more arcane bits of knowledge.
 
TITLE: UNIX time-sharing system : UNIX programmer's manual vol 1&2
AUTHOR: BELL Laboratories
PUBLISHERS: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
SUBJECT: UNIX...
PUBLISHER: Bell Laboratories
DATE: 1983
PAGES:
ISBN: 0-03-061742-1 (v1)
ISBN: 0-03-061742-X (v2)
APPROX_COST: 
 
TITLE: The UNIX Programming Environment
AUTHOR: Kernighan, Brian W.
AUTHOR: Pike, Rob
SUBJECT: Basic UNIX Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
YEAR: 1984
PAGES: 357
ISBN: 0-13-937699-2 HBK
ISBN: 0-13-937681-X PBK
APPROX_COST: 25.95
SUGGESTED_BY: *Everyone*
COMMENTS
	This book is what I call a classic.  Just buy it.
	a good programmer's introduction.
 
TITLE: UNIX SVR4, The Complete Reference
AUTHOR: Coffin, Stephen
SUBJECT: UNIX Reference
PUBLISHER: Osborne-McGraw Hill
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 882
ISBN: 0-07-881653-X
APPROX_COST: 29.95
SUGGESTED_BY: S.Coffin <scoffin@uswest.com>
COMMENTS
	An update, revision, expansion, and overall improvement of the
	best-selling UNIX, The Complete Reference (ISBN 0-07-881299-2).
	Written especially for SVR4.  New chapters on csh and ksh, troff,
	NFS and networking, and X Window System, as well as wholesale
	revision of many other chapters.  Well-written, readable, complete;
	but does not cover UNIX internals or software development.
 
TITLE: UNIX Shell Programming
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H.
SUBJECT: Shell Programming
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 442
ISBN: 0-8104-6309-1
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: Bourne Shell, sh
COMMENTS
	I own this book, but I rarely crack it open.  I guess the main reason
	is that I am still a Bourne-again shell user.  For years I worked with
	a variety of systems where one might find csh and/or ksh.  However,
	/bin/sh was the only common denominator.  I find that most often I
	refer to Kernighan and Pike for shell programming questions.  However,
	they don't address the C Shell (csh) or Korn Shell (ksh).  This book
	does offer a chapter on each.  In addition, this book may be more
	suited for a beginner than an experienced UNIX programmer. 
 
TITLE: UNIX System Administration Handbook
AUTHOR: Nemeth, Evi
AUTHOR: Snyder, Garth
AUTHOR: Seebass, Scott
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-933441-6
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 593
APPROX_COST: 32.00
KEYWORDS: SunOS, BSD, Administration
SUGGESTED_BY: Michael S. Cross <msc@ihc.att.com>
COMMENTS
	{ I'm recommending it for all of the people who get workstations
	  from us, and for all of the User Services people here -- an
	  added plus is that the programs listed are available by
	  anonymous ftp from the authors' home system.  S.B.Bassett }
 
	The book does a pretty good job of explaining the differences
	between the types of UNIX(R) systems and administering them.  It's
	also on the light or humorous side which is a definite plus.
 
TITLE: UNIX System Programming
AUTHOR: Haviland, Keith
AUTHOR: Salama, Ben
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 339
ISBN: 0-201-12919-1
APPROX_COST: 27.95
COMMENTS
	Concentrates on the UNIX System call interface.
 
TITLE: UNIX System Security
AUTHOR: Wood, Patrick H.
AUTHOR: Kochan, Stephen G.
SUBJECT: UNIX Security
PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Company
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 299
ISBN: 0-8104-6267-2
APPROX_COST: 34.95
KEYWORDS: Security
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	-- From back cover
 
	Here is a practical guide to computer security on the UNIX system for
	the user, administrator, or potential UNIX system buyer.  It will
	teach you everything you need to know ot make your system secure and
	keep it that way. Topics covered include:
 
	- file and directory permissions
	- password security
	- how the setuid/gid permissions work and how to use them
	- how the various security-related UNIX commands and functions work
	- how to write secure programs
	- different methods of data encryption -- including the government
	  standard DES algorithm -- and how secure they are
	- data encryption over communication networks
	- how to discover and plug potential security holes in your system
	- how to periodically monitor your system to maintain security
 
	Also included is the complete source for several security auditing and 
	administration programs.
 
TITLE: UNIX System V Bible
AUTHOR: Prata, Stephen
AUTHOR: Martin, Donald
AUTHOR: The Waite Group
SUBJECT: SYSV Reference
PUBLISHER: Howard Sams & Company
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 516
ISBN: 0-672-22562-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	This is a comprehenisve reference for programmers working with the
	UNIX operating system documentation, covering intermediate to advanced
	level programming for professionals who have prior experience
	programming in C or using UNIX.
 
TITLE: The UNIX System V Environment
AUTHOR: Bourne, Steven R.
SUBJECT: Users Guide
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 378
ISBN: 0-201-18484-2
APPROX_COST: 26.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Steen Hammerum
COMMENTS
	Steen Hammerum Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen says:
	"has been _very_ useful to me (proof: I'm on my second copy)"
 
TITLE: UNIX System: Readings and Applications
AUTHOR: AT&T 
SUBJECT: Reference
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1987
PAGES:
ISBN: 013-938532-0 (v1) 
ISBN: 013-939845-7 (v2)
APPROX_COST: 19.00 each
COMMENTS
		Vol 1: UNIX Time-Sharing System
		Vol.2: The UNIX System
 
	These two volumes are reprints of the two volumes of the Bell
	Labs Technical Journal (now AT&T Tech J.) that were devoted to UNIX:
	Vol. 57, No. 6, Part 2, July-August, 1987, and
	Vol. 63, No. 8, October, 1984.
 
TITLE: Unix System Security
AUTHOR: Rik Farrow
SUBJECT: UNIX security
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 278
ISBN: 0-201-57030-0
APPROX_COST: 22.95
KEYWORDS: Security
COMMENTS:
    Farrow is editor-at-large for UNIXWorld magazine and also wrote
    "Unix administration guide for System V".  This book is well-done,
    containing lots of examples of how to break and fix Unix security,
    although a lot of it seems to be a rehash of material that's been
    printed before.  It's a worthwhile addition to any Unix
    system admin's library.
  
TITLE: UNIX Text Processing
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
AUTHOR: O'Reilly, Tim
SUBJECT: Text Processing
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 665
ISBN: 0-672-46291-5
APPROX_COST: 26.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
COMMENTS
	This is a MUST for all [nt]roff users.
 
TITLE: The UNIX Text Processing System
AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare
SUBJECT: Text Processing
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 250
ISBN: 0-471-85581-2
APPROX_COST: 24.95
SUGGESTED_BY: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E" <mchinni@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
COMMENTS
	I have found this to be a very good guide to nroff, and the -mm
	macros. It also covers the -ms macros, vi, eqn, tbl, refer, and pic
 
TITLE: UNIX for Super-Users
AUTHOR: Foxley, Eric
SUBJECT: Users Guide
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 213
ISBN: 0-201-14228-7
APPROX_COST: 27.95
KEYWORDS: SYSV
 
TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (BSD)
AUTHOR: <author>
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 272
ISBN: 0-937175-20-X
APPROX_COST: 19.50
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
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TITLE: UNIX in a Nutshell (System V)
AUTHOR: <author>
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 296
ISBN: 0-937175-19-6
APPROX_COST: 19.50
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUPPLIERS
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TITLE: UNIX, The Complete Reference
AUTHOR: Coffin, Stephen
SUBJECT: UNIX Reference
PUBLISHER: Osborne-McGraw Hill
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 704
ISBN: 0-07-881299-2
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
        An inexpensive reference and guide to System V in a style
	familiar to those from the micro world where OMH and QUE
	have many best selling guides to Lotus, DOS, Word, etc.
 
TITLE: Understanding and Using COFF
AUTHOR: Gircys, Gintaras R.
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 196
ISBN: 0-937175-31-5
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
SUPPLIERS
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COMMENTS
	-- From back cover
	This handbook explains the COFF data structure and its manipulation.
 
	Contents include:
		- The basics of COFF
		- Assembley code relocation process
		- COFF file headers
		- Relocation structures
		- The linking process
		- The COFF system in UNIX
		- Magic numbers
		- The COFF symbolic debug system
		- COFF and shared libraries
		- Utilities and techniques for working with COFF files
		- A sample program to manipulate COFF
 
	[ Source used in this book is available via ftp from UUNET  ~mitch ]
 
TITLE: Unix Administrations Guide for System V
AUTHOR: Thomas, Rebecca
AUTHOR: Farrow, Rik
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 636
ISBN: 0-139-42889-5
APPROX_COST: 34.95
SUGGESTED_BY: Lars Tunkrans
COMMENTS
	Bought this book last week, seems to me to be the most
	comprehensive and fact-packed book on the subject I've ever seen.
 
TITLE: UNIX Applications Programming Mastering the Shell
AUTHOR: Swartz, Ray
SUBJECT: Bourne Shell programming, grep, sed, awk, sort
PUBLISHER: SAMS, A Division of Macmillan Computer Publishing
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 452 
ISBN: 0-672-22715-0
LCCN: 90-61476
APPROX_COST: 26.95
KEYWORDS: Unix, Bourne shell programming, tools
SUGGESTED_BY: zwbm07@hou.amoco.com (Walter Moore)
COMMENTS
	I find this book a VERY good primer and an excellent reference
	book on Unix tools and shell programming.
  
TITLE: The Unix Command Reference Guide
AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare
SUBJECT: Topically organized reference for about 50 Unix commands
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 361
ISBN: 0-471-85580-4 PBK
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	This book is a guide to the most useful Unix commands, organized
	topically.  It is used both as a handy reference, and as a quick start
	guide for technically adept users who are starting to use the Unix
	system. The book contains comprehensive sections on awk, sed, vi, and
	the Bourne shell. There are many examples.
 
TITLE: Unix Communications
AUTHOR: Anderson, Bart
AUTHOR: Costales, Barry
AUTHOR: Henderson, Harry
SUBJECT: Communication Reference
PUBLISHER: The Waite Group
DATE: 1991
PAGES: 736
ISBN: 0-672-22773-8
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: UUCP, USENET
COMMENTS
	Covers everything the end user needs to know about email, USENET 
	and UUCP.
 
TITLE: The Unix Environment
AUTHOR: Walker, A. N.
SUBJECT: UNIX
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons
DATE: 1984
PAGES: 151
ISBN: 0-471-90564-X
APPROX_COST: 20.40
COMMENTS
	An excellent user's introduction. I have a special affection for
	this book, as it introduced me to the plural forms VAXen and Unices.
 
TITLE: The Unix Operating System, Second Edition
AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare
SUBJECT: Comprehensive introduction to Unix
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 455
ISBN: 0-471-84782-8 HBK
ISBN: 0-471-84781-X PBK
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	This is the second edition of a widely used, widely translated
	primeval Unix book.  It is a comprehensive introductory book that goes
	into more detail than most. While it is not a very good introduction
	for people who will only use the system superficially, it is an
	excellent introduction for those who plan to master the Unix system.
	It includes sections on the most useful utilities, shell programming,
	vi editing, and system internals.
 
TITLE: Unix Power Utilities for Power Users
AUTHOR: Muster, John
AUTHOR: Birns, Peter
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: MIS Press
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 420
ISBN: 1-55828-000-6
APPROX_COST: 24.95
SUPPLIERS
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COMMENTS
	** From Page 2...
 
			Overview of Contents
	If you have the ability to log on the system, create, move, copy and
	remove files, create and change directories, and issue basic shell
	commands, you will be able to complete the exercises in these modules.
	If you are more experienced, you may be able to proceed quickly
	through part or all of Modules 2 and 3, and the introductory steps to
	several of the other modules. 
  
TITLE: The UNIX Survival Guide
AUTHOR: Nichols, Elizabeth A.
AUTHOR: Balin, Sidney C.
AUTHOR: Nichols, Joseph C.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX basics
PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
DATE: 1987
PAGES: 311
ISBN: 0-03-000773-9
SUGGESTED_BY: Andrew T. Young <aty@mintaka.sdsu.edu>
COMMENTS:
	It contains good tutorial information for new owners of UNIX systems,
	as well as for new users.  There is a useful introduction to the nuts
	and bolts of the file system, for example, as well as info on basic
	commands, and a chapter on processes and signals.
 
TITLE: Unix System Administration
AUTHOR: Fiedler, David
AUTHOR: Hunter, Bruce H.
SUBJECT: System Administration
PUBLISHER: Hayden Books (Howard Sams & Co)
DATE: 1986
PAGES: 320
ISBN: 0-8104-6289-3
APPROX_COST: 24.94
KEYWORDS: Administration
COMMENTS
	-- From back cover --
	An essential guide for anyone who owns or operates a UNIX system.  The
	clear presentation and easy-to-follow style make it suitable for the
	user who does not have a technical background.  [...]
	Using step-by-step guidelines for complex procedures, the book 
	includes information on:
		- making back-ups
		- configuring systems
		- writing shell programs
		- connecting a printer, a terminal, and other devices
		- communicating with other systems
 
TITLE: Unix for People
AUTHOR: Birns, Peter M.
AUTHOR: Brown, Patrick B.
AUTHOR: Muster, John C. 
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1985
PAGES: 528
ISBN: 0-13-937442-6 PBK
ISBN: 0-13-937459-0 HBK
APPROX_COST: 28.00
 
TITLE: Using the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Gauthier, Richard L.
SUBJECT: Introduction to UNIX
PUBLISHER: 
DATE: 1981
PAGES: 297
ISBN: 0-8359-8164-9 HBK
ISBN: 0-8359-8162-2 PBK
COMMENTS
	Introductory level book, extremely basic and easy reading.  I read
	this on a plane trip between Newark, NJ and Columbus, OH before I ever
	worked seriously with UNIX.  Unlike, Rebecca Thomas and Jean Yates
	Tutorial style book this one does not require you to be sitting down
	in front of a crt in order to derive benefit from it.
  
TITLE: Using C on the UNIX system
AUTHOR: Curry, David A.
SUBJECT: C programming
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1989
PAGES: 250
ISBN: 0-937175-23-4
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: C, UNIX
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
SUPPLIERS
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COMMENTS
	This is a must for the Beginning UNIX programmer.
  
TITLE: Using C with Curses, Lex and YACC
AUTHOR: Schreiner, Axel T.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 257
ISBN: 0-13-932864-5
APPROX_COST: 44.95
KEYWORDS: C, Curses, Lex, YACC
COMMENTS:
	-- From back cover --
	This book presents the development of programs that make extensive use
	of curses and provides solutions to the typical problems encountered
	when implementing full-screen applications with curses.
	The book illustrates how to work in the Unix C environment:
	
	- how to build command languages with the compiler generatores lex and
	  yacc
	- how to make portable full-screen dialogs with the curses library
	- how to build symbol tables and manage variable-length argument lists
	  using C library functions
	- how to manage program development with the make program
	- how to manage multiple processes from a program and how to
	  communicate with them.

	Throughout the book the full source code of a major example is shown.
 
TITLE: Using UUCP and USENET
AUTHOR: Todino, Grace
AUTHOR: Dougherty, Dale
SUBJECT: Introduction
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
DATE: 1990
PAGES: 210
ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
APPROX_COST: 21.95
KEYWORDS: Nutshell Handbook
SUGGESTED_BY: Mitch Wright <mitch@hq.af.mil>
SUPPLIERS
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TITLE: UNIX for FORTRAN Programmers 
AUTHOR: Loukides, Mike
SUBJECT: UNIX
DATE: <date>
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
PAGES: 264
ISBN: 0-937175-51-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	This handbook minimizes the UNIX entry barrier, by providing  
	the serious scientific programmer with an introduction to 
	the UNIX operating system and its tools.  
	Assumes some knowledge of FORTRAN, but none of UNIX nor C.
 
TITLE: Writing a Unix Device Driver
AUTHOR: Egan, Janet I.
AUTHOR: Teixeira, Thomas J.
SUBJECT: Programming
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons.
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 357
ISBN: 0-471-62811-5, paperback: 0-471-62859-X
APPROX_COST: 24.95
KEYWORDS: BSD, Xenix
 
TITLE: The Xenix Command Reference Guide
AUTHOR: Christian, Kaare
AUTHOR: Richter, Susan
SUBJECT: Topically organized reference for about 50 Xenix commands
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DATE: 1988
PAGES: 420
ISBN: 0-471-61707-5 (pbk)
APPROX_COST: 24.95
COMMENTS
	This book is a guide to the most useful Xenix commands, organized
	topically.  It is used both as a handy reference, and as a quick start
	guide for technically adept users who are starting to use the Xenix
	system. The book contains comprehensive sections on awk, sed, vi, the
	Bourne shell, and system administration. There are many examples.
 
TITLE: The Z-Mail Handbook: 3 Interfaces for E-mail
AUTHOR: Nelson, Hanna
SUBJECT: Electronic mail
PUBLISHER: O'Reilly and Associates
DATE: <year>
PAGES: 462
ISBN: 0-937175-76-5
APPROX_COST: 29.95
KEYWORDS: E-mail, Z-mail, mush
SUGGESTED_BY: <person> <email-addr>
SUPPLIERS:
	nuts@ora.com -or- 1-800-338-NUTS
COMMENTS:
	Z-Mail is a superset of the widely-used public-domain program, 
	Mush.  Z-Mail runs on UNIX terminals or on graphic workstations 
	running the X Window System, and even supports multimedia 
	attachments (so you can mail anything that you can store on disk).
	This is the complete guide to this powerful mail program. Also 
	covers Mush.
  
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