Unix System V A Practical Guide 3rd Edition

UNIX / Operating Systems n ideal guide to System V Release 4.2, UNIX System V: A Practical Guide offers a comprehensive look at this popular version of UNIX. Perfect for both novice and experienced users, this bestselling book by well-known author Mark Sobell provides concise, readable coverage of the latest commands and utilities. The book is divided into two parts. Part I provides a step-by-step tutorial for readers who want to use this operating system for programming, electronic mail, networking (including accessing the Internet), and other applications. Part II examines more than 70 UNIX utility programs. In addition, appendixes cover the differences between System V release 3 and 4, the POSIX Standards and the version-specific features of IBM’s AIX, HP-UX, and SCO UNIX. UNIX System V: A Practical Guide includes: - Complete chapters discussing the Korn Shell, the emacs text editor, and the vi editor. - A new chapter on Networking with coverage of many network structures and commands as well as detailed instruction on accessing the Internet using archie and gopher, how to transfer files using FTP, and a section on World Wide Web and Mosaic. - A new chapter on Graphical User Interfaces that discusses GUI components, the X Window System, and using and customizing Motif. - An in-depth examination of the make, SCCS, RCS, awk, and sed programming tools. - Detailed chapters covering the Bourne and C shells with explanations of how to write shell programs (shell scripts).