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McGraw Hill Unix: The Complete Reference by ROSEN and KENNETH
UNIX is a computer operating system, originally developed by AT&T back in the year 1969. Initially, UNIX was coded in the assembly language. Later, in the year 1973, it was again coded in C language to help future enhancements and provide better support for different hardware, making UNIX a truly robust, cross platform operating system. Many successful operating systems of today’s world are based on the UNIX platform. Some of those operating systems include the famous Mac OS X, iOS, different flavours of Linux, HP-UX, and Solaris. Targeted for both the experienced and the relatively new professionals of the UNIX field, this book, UNIX: The Complete Reference, covers all the concepts that a professional needs to know to work in UNIX. This book is divided into Six parts, with an appendix at the end of the book, as part Seven. Starting with the basics to UNIX / Linus, the six parts of this book cover some of the most important concepts of UNIX namely, Tools, Network Administration, System Administration, User Networking, and Enterprise Solutions. This edition of the book contains detailed information on Free BSD, Solaris 10, AIX, HP-UX, and the new versions of Mac OS X. It also has new chapters on CDE, Gnome, Python, Samba, PHP, and databases. With all this and more, this book is a complete reference for anyone who is working or is considering to start their career in the field of administration or development in the UNIX platform.