Silvester The Unix™ System Guidebook

An Introductory Guide for Serious Users
1984
ISBN: 978-1-4684-0182-0
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, eBook

Reihe: Springer Books on Professional Computing

Well suited to medium-scale general purpose computing, the Unix time sharing operating system is deservedly popular with academic institutions, research laboratories, and commercial establishments alike. Its user com munity, which until recently was made up mostly of experienced computer professionals, is now attracting many people concerned with computer applications rather than systems. Such people are mainly interested in putting Unix software to work effectively, hence need a good knowledge of its external characteristics but not of its internal structure. The present book is intended for this new audience, people who have never encountered the Unix system before but who do have some acquaintance with computing. While helping the beginning user get started is a primary aim of this book, it is also intended to serve as a handy reference subsequently. However, it is not intended to replace the definitive Unix system documen tation. The Unix operating system as it now exists at most installations (popularly, though somewhat inaccurately, called Version 7 Unix) is sub stantially as described by the Seventh Edition of the system manuals. This book emphasizes Version 7 and systems closely related to it, but it does also describe some other facilities in wide use. Many people have been instrumental in shaping this book and the author wishes to express his gratitude to them all. Particular thanks are due to David Lowther, for our many helpful discussions; and to the many students whose suggestions enlivened the task.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silvester, P.P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- A Multimachine Operating System.- Past and Future.- 2. Getting Started.- Communicating with the System.- Running the System.- Writing and Running Programs.- 3. Files in the Unix System.- Logical Structure of Files.- Working with the File Structure.- Removable File Volumes.- Internal Structure of Files.- 4. The Command Shell.- Issuing Commands.- The Shell Programming Language.- Input Handling by the Shell.- 5. The System Kernel.- Nature of the Kernel.- Machine Primitives and System Calls.- Process Coordination and Management.- Input and Output Operations.- 6. Facilities and Utilities.- Communications.- File Management.- Other General Utilities.- The ASCII Character Set.- 7. Text Preparation and Processing.- Tools and Facilities.- Using the ed Text Editor.- The vi Screen Editor.- The nroff Text Formatter.- Other Text Formatting Programs.- Spelling and Typographic Errors.- 8. Languages and Compilers.- Programming Languages Available.- Fortran 77.- Ratfor: A Rational Fortran.- The C Language.- Compiling, Assembling, and Loading.- Berkeley Pascal.- Basic.- Assembler Language Programming.- 9. A Selected Command Set.- Definitions of Commands.- A Selected Command Set.- 10. Bibliography.- Books.- Articles.