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UNIX User's Handbook (2nd Edition)

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I'm surprised how much content was put in this book. They did an excellent job on covering a wide array of topics: Unix commands, XWindow System, File/Dir System, tools, Shell Programming, KornShell, C, and Bash environment, Samba, and Internet Programming. It also dedicates some time with C++, Perl, and Java, which made me happy. A plus for man documantion listings.

My only grudge is the index, which could've been bigger and more detailed when searching specific topics on the fly.

Perfect for pointing my junior SA's in the right direction! The shell chapters let them get more detail on the user environment, the administration and performance sections provide them a taste of real SA work, and the introductory chapters on programming give them a solid foothold on the way to deep unix.

I'm particularly happy with the included man pages. Too many books just give a short blurb on a command; reading the man page can open greater opportunities.

I recommend this book for any low-mid level unix admin. If you're a supervisor or manager, get one for all your SA's!

This book contains good, practical, and useful information. It is both a good book to read through, and a good reference tool. It contains alot of information that is used on a regular basis. It also teaches some neat commands that you might not normally use, but would save you lots of time to know them. Having been a UNIX Administrator for almost 10 years, I would recommend this book both to new and experienced users.

This book deserves five stars for unix users. For administrators it is neccesary to read more. Great book.

This is a quality book! It provides a lot of great functional and fundamental information. I think both new and old UNIX users alike could benefit from this in-depth, easy to read book.

As a Sun Certified Solaris Instructor (Admin I, II, and TCP/IP) - this book fills a nice gap - for Admins who are in the "real world" with heterogeneous networks (AIX, HP UX, Solaris, Linux, etc.) Provides good advice on what tasks you should be doing and how to do them on a variety of platforms. Good intro to many topics - Unix commands, shells, the GUI (CDE),performance tuning and inter-operability with PC-based server's and desktops.

Let me pay my respects to this beautiful beautiful book. There are a lot of pages, but the print is big and 90% of it is examples.

The book has tremendous scope - make this your first Unix book,
it is all you really need.

I will certainly target this author, when I move onto sys admin.

Excellent UNIX introduction of commands, file system, shells, and vi, and 200 page chapter on introduction to programming.

I especially like the man pages that appear at the end of many chapters and the vi Quick Reference card.

I also used this book to prepare for the HP-UX CSA exam. The book is broken down into 3 parts.

1)UNIX Section
This section covers UNIX/LINUX in general and shows some differences between some of the flavors of UNIX
2)Programming Section
This section introduces you to the various programming language you will see on UNIX/LINUX Platforms. Programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Perl were shown
3)UNIX and Windows Interoperability Section
This section shows how to work and share files with both operating systems.
Overall the book is good and very useful for someone coming from windows background and going to UNIX world. I recommend this book.

Unix User's Handbook(Second Edition) by Marty Poniatowski is an update of an indispensable book. This book allows new and intermediate Unix system administrators to learn the commands necessary for proper system administration. Marty accomplishes this through the heavy use of examples and the inclusion of many "man" pages in this book. He also has added an expanded section on programming including C, C++, Java and Perl. Everything covered is applicable to all Unix "flavors" such as HP-UX, Solaris, Aix and Linux. Most importantly, Marty presents this information in an easy to understand fashion.