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I just started a job as a software engineer.  The company that I am now
working for uses Mac's, PC's, ALPHA's, and SUN boxes.  I know all but the OS's
but UNIX.  I need a good book to help me plod through SUN Unix.  I know VMS.

thanks,

Bill

We talk about this a lot in my Unix classes.  The best books on ANYTHING
in Unix are THIN and CHEAP.  The man pages are THIN and CHEAP. Start
with the man pages and work your way up.  Start with man Intro, then
maybe man man, and work your way up.  If this is not enough, find the
thinest and cheapest Unix book at your bookstore and try that.  Unix
is astonishingly elegant and understandable if you look for the
underlying simplicity.  If you try to memorize fat books, you will
miss all the elegance.

One hint.  Do not extrapolate what you know of VMS to Unix.  They are
extremely different.

A second hint.  C-shell is an aboration in Unix.  You can use it if you
want, but don't learn using it.  Learn using the Bourne shell because
it is more typical of Unix thinking.  Then use csh if you must (or
MUCH better, get bash)

Will
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Quote:> I just started a job as a software engineer.  The company that I am now
> working for uses Mac's, PC's, ALPHA's, and SUN boxes.  I know all but the OS's
> but UNIX.  I need a good book to help me plod through SUN Unix.  I know VMS.

> thanks,

> Bill

Sun's "AnswerBook" is an on-line interactive program containing mucho
Sun dcumantation.  It is an invaluable resource.

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