Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2nd Edition

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Features

• NEW - Extensive updates reflect the latest advances in UNIX—Includes CUPS printing, Samba, http, and more.

  • Teaches students up-to-date techniques that will be useful for many years to come.

• NEW - Section covers setting up an inexpensive home network with Unix or Linux.

  • Helps students master one of the fastest-growing applications for Unix and Linux—an application that will be of deep personal interest to many of them.

• Proven QuickStart task-based visual learning format—Combines an open, welcoming design, hundreds of screen captures, expert tips, and concise step-by-step instructions.

  • Relies on a format designed to make learning as easy as possible—even for students with little or no Unix experience.

• Highly accessible coverage of basic Unix tasks—Presents crystal-clear, plain-English explanations of the Unix tasks students need to master first.

  • Gives students quick mastery over the basics, so they can become productive immediately.

• Wide-ranging coverage of user tasks, basic administration, and even simple scripting—Demystifies Unix for all types of users, including casual users, and those who plan to focus on administration or programming.

  • Gives students a clear sense of both the breadth and depth of Unix environments.

• Extensive Internet coverage—Presents simple introductions to Unix/Linux email, Internet connectivity, and more.

  • Gives students mastery over providing and using Internet services in Unix —one of the most important uses of Unix and Linux.

• Introductions to advanced Unix features and capabilities—Exposes students to the basic use of make, procmail, awk, and sed, as well as the fundamentals of system configuration.

  • Gives students a solid foundation for continuing to explore Unix in any direction.

• Vendor-independent coverage—Covers Unix from a vendor-independent, standards-based point of view.

  • Will be valuable to students regardless of the Unix or Linux platform they now use—and will remain useful if they change platforms in the future.

• Expert tutorial and handy quick reference—Designed not only to teach Unix exceptionally well, but also to serve as an outstanding task-based reference.

  • Will remain valuable to students long after they've mastered the fundamentals of Unix.

Description

What was once regarded as the purview of programmers and administrators is now making its way to users' desktops-most notably via Mac OS X-and users have begun to take note. When you're ready to get to the heart of it all-to the operating system at the core of the Internet, the intranet, and quite possibly your own desktop-there's no better way to start than by consulting with this handy Visual QuickStart Guide. The authors who made Unix comprehensible to the masses are back with Unix, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide-completely updated to reflect all that's new in Unix. The book discusses how to run a home network server and use CUPS, Samba, http, and more. Through simple step-by-step instructions, numerous tips, and plenty of visual references, you'll learn everything you need to know to make sense of the flavors, commands, and technical jargon surrounding the Unix operating system. Printing in the Unix environment, managing your system, and more are all covered in the straightforward, approachable style that has become the hallmark of the Visual QuickStart series.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction.


 1. Getting Started with Unix.


 2. Using Directories and Files.


 3. Working with Your Shell.


 4. Creating and Editing Files.


 5. Controlling Ownership & Permissions.


 6. Manipulating Files.


 7. Getting Information About the System.


 8. Configuring Your Unix Environment.


 9. Running Scripts and Programs.


10. Writing Basic Scripts.


11. Sending and Reading E-mail.


12. Accessing the Internet.


13. Working with Encoded & Compressed Files.


14. Installing Your Own Software.


15. Using Handy Utilities.


16. Being Root.


17. Sensational Unix Tricks.


Appendix A. Unix Reference.


Appendix B. What's What and What's Where.


Appendix C. Command Flags.


Index.

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