UNIX CD Bookshelf, 3.0

By O'Reilly & Associates and O'Reilly & Associates Inc

If you've heard the phrase, ""You can't take it with you,"" you may have thought, sadly, that it referred to your trusted shelf of O'Reilly Unix books. Thorough, reliable, and all encompassing, these... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596003927
• ISBN13: 9780596003920
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for getting off the ground.

Anyone or two of these books would cost more than this six-pack. And the CD-ROM is good for cut-and-paste operations. The nice thing about this set is that as things progress and you diversify into other subjects, like Perl, you never lose the core skills that are displayed on this CD. The vi editor is always present and more powerful than the fads like emacs, which will be replaced in time. And yes, I think each shell has its strength; however, after the Bourne shell, the Korn shell is the most prolific. Now, for those who think the tcsh and bash shells are in now are already behind, as most shells, regardless of what you type, are based on the POSIX.2 standard. Even though I have a gazillion reference books, this is nice because it is online.