Unix for VMS Users (Digital Press Vax Users Series) (Paperback)

~ Philip Bourne (Author)

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Product Description

The only book on UNIX for experienced VMS users making the transition between the two systems.


This unique book is for any computer professional making _the transition from VMS to UNIX. Each concept is illustrated with one or more examples comparing the way a task is performed in VMS and in UNIX. You move in a logical sequence, progressing from
fundamental concepts to advanced programming and networking. Based on the Berkeley 4.2 version of UNIX, the text includes more than 150 interactive examples as well as appendices providing command summaries and useful cross-reference tables, as well as a
glossary.

About the Author

Philip Bourne is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego and the Director of Integrated Biosciences at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. He is the author of UNIX for VMS Users (Prentice Hall, 1989; Digital Press, 1994)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press (September 27, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555580343
• ISBN-13: 978-1555580346
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,685,591 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Offers clear and concise help for learning UNIX after VMS., December 2, 1996

By A Customer

After the ease of learning VMS, the horror known as "UNIX" can be very intimidating. This book takes you step by step through the new operating system, and explains the cryptic new commands with very simple and direct comparisons to the familiar commands of VMS. After a short time with this book by your side, the unfamiliar waters will become crystal clear.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful migration guide, May 2, 2002

By	B. Falk "eoi" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is for VAX users who are making the transition from the VMS to the UNIX operating system. It follows a logical sequence from discussion of fundamental concepts and basic command procedures
through the use of high-level languages, programming the operating system, text processing, and networked communications. Appendixes provide command and file summaries and crossreference tables.
Emphasis is on Berkeley UNIX and the C shell, although most of the features discussed are pertinent to any version of UNIX-ULTRIX, AT&T System V, System III, Xenix, and others.

The book is intended to help you mold the interactive computing skills that you learned using VMS into the skills necessary for computing in the UNIX framework. It is not meant to be a UNIX user's manual,
nor is it designed to teach UNIX from first principles. The book draws upon the experience of observing professionals with varying degrees of VMS expertise grapple with the concrete and philosophical issues
of UNIX. This book emphasizes Berkeley UNIX (or BSD, Berkeley Software Distribution) and the C shell, although many of the features discussed are pertinent to any version of UNIX. Thus, this text should
also be useful to those "migrating" from VMS to ULTRIX, AT&T System V, System III, Xenix, Version 7, or any other version of UNIX.