Overview of Operating Systems. A "Quick-Start" into UNIX, Some Essential Commands, and UNIX Shells. Editing Text Files. Files and File System Structure. File Security. Basic File Processing. Advanced File Processing. File Sharing. Redirection and Piping. Processes. Networking and Internetworking. Introductory Bourne Shell Programming. Advanced Bourne Shell Programming. Introductory C Shell Programming. Advanced C Shell Programming. Python Fundamentals. Unix Tools for Software Development. Systems Programming I—File Management. Systems Programming II—Process Management and Signal Processing. Systems Programming III—Interprocess Communication (IPC). Systems Programming IV—Practical Considerations. X Window System—The UNIX Graphical User Interface. UNIX System Administration Fundamentals. Appendix: Command Dictionary. Glossary. Index.
Mansoor Sarwar is a professor and principal at Punjab University
College of Information Technology (PUCIT), and a former tenured
associate professor in the Multnomah School of Engineering at the
University of Portland (UP), Oregon. He received his MS and PhD in
Computer Engineering from the Iowa State University (ISU), Ames,
Iowa, and has over 28 years of post-PhD experience in teaching and
research. He has over 35 research publications in international
journals and conferences. He was nominated for the Best Graduate
Researcher Award at ISU for his PhD research, and Best Researcher
and Best Teacher awards at UP. He has been learning, using, and
teaching UNIX since 1986. His family is spread over three
continents: he currently resides in Lahore with his wife and
younger son. His daughter is pursuing her masters degree in Textile
Design Innovation in UK, and his older son runs a software company
in Los Angeles.
Robert M. Koretsky is a retired lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
at the Multnomah School of Engineering at the University of
Portland, in Portland, Oregon. Principally educated at the Pratt
Institute, in Brooklyn, New York, he has also worked as an
Automotive Engineering Designer with the Freightliner Corp. in
Portland. He currently resides in Portland, with his wife, two
children, and two grandchildren.
Together, they are the authors of four textbooks on UNIX and Linux.
"… an in-depth and detailed presentation of the UNIX system."
—Hussein Abdel-Wahab, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion
University"I have utilized Unix: The Textbook for classes I have
taught, and recommend it as a reference for Unix users at all
levels. This new edition has many updates, including new content
for networking, graphical interfaces, and other contemporary
topics. Students will appreciate the incremental introduction to
Unix, and experts will appreciate the thoroughness and depth."
—Dr. Gregory Newby, research computing expert
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