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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Question:Books on Unix
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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:59:36 GMT
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In article <1991Jan24.072226.16356@bradley.bradley.edu> data@buhub (Mark Hall) writes:
>In article <11425@darkstar.ucsc.edu> googol@ucscb.ucsc.edu (60778000) writes:
>>Hi! Could anyone recommend some books on Unix related to the following
>>topics: Unix Kernel, Shell Programming, Unix Utilities . Is there
>>any single book that talks about all these topics ? thanks.
>
>I would also recomment the "Tricks of the Unix Masters".  It discusses some
>things about the Kernel, and delves fairly deeply into Shell Scripting.

There are three books every kernel programmer should own -

	"The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
	 System", Samuel J. Leffler, et al.  Addison-Wesley, 1988
	 ISBN 0-201-06196-1, Library of Congress QA76.76.063D474

	"The Design of the UNIX Operating System", Maurice J. Bach.
	 Prentice-Hall, 1986.  ISBN 0-13-201799-7

	"A Commentary on the UNIX Operating System", J. Lions, 1977.

The first two are mandatory, the third is there for historical reference.
If a co-worker has a copy of it, you may want to borrow it for reading
some time.  It is no longer in print or otherwise available (sigh).

They are all very slow reading.
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