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Mac OS X, Apple's hot new operating system, is based on the widely popular Unix. Developers can now run scientific and technical applications on simple Macs rather than expensive Unix workstations, and OS X offers them a unique combination of technical elements with enhanced performance, compatibility, and usability. This is the only step-by-step book about Unix for Mac with screen shots and callouts on each page, created especially for visual learners.
List of contents
From the contents:
How to use this book - 1: Get started with Unix - 2: Work with files - 3: Work with directories - 4: Work with text - 5: Work with text editors - 6: Customize your your shell - 7: Work with processes - 8: Automate shell tasks - 9: Combine Unix and Aqua - 10: Work with internet commands - 11: System administration commands - 12: Install Unix applications - 13: Instalol and unse internet applictions - 14: Serve Web pages with apache - 15: Work with perl - 16: Run the Window system - 17: Install X Window system software - 18: Develop Unix applications
Appendix - What's on the CD-ROM - Using the E-Version of the Book - Index
About the author
SANDRA HENRY-STOCKER is the author of two books on Solaris and a columnist for ITworld.com. A twenty-year Unix veteran, she currently works as a systems engineer for TeleCommunication Systems in Annapolis, Maryland, and teaches classes on Unix and Internet topics at Anne Arundel Community College.