UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern, twenty-first-century UNIX operating system. The book deploys PC-BSD and Solaris, representative systems of the major branches of the UNIX family, to illustrate the key concepts. It covers many topics not covered in older, more traditional textbook approaches, such as Python, UNIX System Programming from basics to socket-based network programming using the client-server paradigm, the Zettabyte File System (ZFS), and the highly developed X Windows-based KDE and Gnome GUI desktop environments.
The third edition has been fully updated and expanded, with extensive revisions throughout. It features a new tutorial chapter on the Python programming language and its use in UNIX, as well as a complete tutorial on the git command with Github. It includes four new chapters on UNIX system programming and the UNIX API, which describe the use of the UNIX system call interface for file processing, process management, signal handling, interprocess communication (using pipes, FIFOs, and sockets), extensive coverage of internetworking with UNIX TCP/IP using the client-server software, and considerations for the design and implementation of production-quality client-server software using iterative and concurrent servers. It also includes new chapters on UNIX system administration, ZFS, and container virtualization methodologies using iocage, Solaris Jails, and VirtualBox.
Utilizing the authors' almost 65 years of practical teaching experience at the college level, this textbook presents well-thought-out sequencing of old and new topics, well-developed and timely lessons, a Github site containing all of the code in the book plus exercise solutions, and homework exercises/problems synchronized with the didactic sequencing of chapters in the book. With the exception of four chapters on system programming, the book can be used very successfully by a complete novice, as well as by an experienced UNIX system user, in both an informal and formal learning environment.
The book may be used in several computer science and information technology courses, including UNIX for beginners and advanced users, shell and Python scripting, UNIX system programming, UNIX network programming, and UNIX system administration. It may also be used as a companion to the undergraduate and graduate level courses on operating system concepts and principles.
Show moreUNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern, twenty-first-century UNIX operating system. The book deploys PC-BSD and Solaris, representative systems of the major branches of the UNIX family, to illustrate the key concepts. It covers many topics not covered in older, more traditional textbook approaches, such as Python, UNIX System Programming from basics to socket-based network programming using the client-server paradigm, the Zettabyte File System (ZFS), and the highly developed X Windows-based KDE and Gnome GUI desktop environments.
The third edition has been fully updated and expanded, with extensive revisions throughout. It features a new tutorial chapter on the Python programming language and its use in UNIX, as well as a complete tutorial on the git command with Github. It includes four new chapters on UNIX system programming and the UNIX API, which describe the use of the UNIX system call interface for file processing, process management, signal handling, interprocess communication (using pipes, FIFOs, and sockets), extensive coverage of internetworking with UNIX TCP/IP using the client-server software, and considerations for the design and implementation of production-quality client-server software using iterative and concurrent servers. It also includes new chapters on UNIX system administration, ZFS, and container virtualization methodologies using iocage, Solaris Jails, and VirtualBox.
Utilizing the authors' almost 65 years of practical teaching experience at the college level, this textbook presents well-thought-out sequencing of old and new topics, well-developed and timely lessons, a Github site containing all of the code in the book plus exercise solutions, and homework exercises/problems synchronized with the didactic sequencing of chapters in the book. With the exception of four chapters on system programming, the book can be used very successfully by a complete novice, as well as by an experienced UNIX system user, in both an informal and formal learning environment.
The book may be used in several computer science and information technology courses, including UNIX for beginners and advanced users, shell and Python scripting, UNIX system programming, UNIX network programming, and UNIX system administration. It may also be used as a companion to the undergraduate and graduate level courses on operating system concepts and principles.
Show moreOverview 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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