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Conclusion|Topics to Learn|10-0|9,35
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1 - UNIX Documentation
2 - UNIX Literature
3 - The Future of UNIX
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Conclusion|UNIX Documentation|10-1.1|9,44
UNIX documentation usually consists of:
* a user's manual,
* a programmer's guide,
* a system manager's guide, and
* a document preparation guide.
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Conclusion|UNIX Documentation|10-1.2|11,50
The user's manual consists of the following
sections:
1 - Commands
2 - System calls
3 - Subroutines
4 - Special files/device definitions
5 - File formats
6 - Games
7 - Miscellaneous facilities
8 - Systems maintenance guide
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Conclusion|UNIX Documentation|10-1.3|14,52
The programmer's guide presents detailed
discussions about programs, development tools,
various compilers and assemblers.
The system manager's guide presents discussions
on system administration, special files, system
maintenance procedures, networking, communication
and background information.
The document preparation guide presents detailed
discussions on editing, word processing, text
formatting, and table formatting utilities.
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Conclusion|UNIX Literature|10-2.1|17,58
Today, you can find many text books about the
UNIX operating system. Most of them apply almost
equally to a UNIX Operating System. We'll mention
a few.
Introducing the UNIX System by H. McGilton and R. Morgan.
1983: McGraw-Hill Book Co. A very good introductory
text with nice examples. It contains lots of
information on the interactive use of UNIX.
The UNIX System by S. Bourne (the creator of the Bourne
Shell). Not for beginners; for programmers and machine
designers. Long on theory. This book has elaborate
technical coverage of the Bourne shell, the system
interface, and text processing utilities; it includes
a small user's manual.
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Conclusion|UNIX Literature|10-2.2|13,55
The UNIX Operating System by K. Christian. 1983: John
Wiley & Sons. One of the more clearly written texts.
It covers the file system, redirection, commands,
maintenance utilities, the kernel structure and the
file system structure.
The UNIX Programming Environment by B. Kernighan and
R. Pike. 1985-88: Prentice Hall. A continuation of
the classic The C Programming Language by Kernighan
and Ritchie. Good system level programming treatment.
A detailed discussion of some utilities, such as awk, yacc,
and lex$s-$. It contains several detailed examples,
however this is not a casual book, nor is it for beginners.
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Conclusion|UNIX Literature|10-2.3|6,55
User Guide to the UNIX System by R. Thomas and J. Yates.
1982: Osborne-McGraw Hill. One of the first UNIX texts.
AT&T Bell Laboratories. Documentation on System V and
now available to anyone with or without a UNIX license.
These are as difficult to read as the first UNIX text.
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Conclusion|The Future of UNIX|10-3.1|17,55
Recent UNIX developments include:
* interprocess communication in BSD 4.3
* device independent I/O
* the emacs editor/shell
* the X-windows windowing system
* networking facilities
Future developments include:
* development of a common UNIX version from System V
Rel. 3.1 and 4.3BSD (AT&T and SUN Microsystems)
* a common UNIX from AT&T and Microsoft
* distributed UNIX systems
* changes to UNIX's user level
* changes at the hardware level
* standardization
* a standard graphics interface