Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!WMartin@SIMTEL20.ARPA From: WMartin@SIMTEL20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Documentation for Unix (bsd) Message-ID: <16332@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 11:16:40 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16332 Posted: Thu Feb 2 11:16:40 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 08:37:11 EST Lines: 25 From: William G. MartinI have recently been looking at a new Wiley book on UNIX, which I thought was pretty good. The book is by Kaare Christian, titled THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM, and is published by John Wiley & Sons. 318 pages, 1983, cost $24.95. It might be too basic for graduate-level work, as it tries to cover the whole range of UNIX operations to bring a novice up on UNIX user skills, but I did find the chapters on System Manager's utilities and the kernel very helpful in making things clear to me that I was previously somewhat unsure about. If your office or organization has been accumulating the various UNIX texts that have recently been published, as ours has, you should get this one. I'd also recommend it to someone looking for a good introductory text. Will Martin USArmy DARCOM ALMSA PS One problem with this book that might make it unsuitable for your use is that it is directed at Version 7 UNIX, with no mention of BSD or the later System III or V releases. That's a little surprising, considering the recent copyright date. WM -------