Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, Third Edition

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作者：Brian Jepson, Ernest E. Rothman
出版日期：June 2005
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：415
ISBN：0596009127
文件格式：CHM


Ifyou’re one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unixcore, you’ll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unixand Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls andminefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru canstumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados.For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit likelearning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-Englishdictionary. Fortunately, O’Reilly has been the Unix authority for over25 years, and in Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, that depth ofunderstanding shows. This is the book for Mac command-line fans.Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this newedition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger’sfamiliar-yet foreign-Unix environment. Topics include:

• Using the Terminal and understanding how it differs from an xterm
• Using Directory Services, Open Directory (LDAP), and NetInfo
• Compiling code with GCC 3
• Library linking and porting Unix software
• Creating and installing packages with Fink
• Using DarwinPorts
• Search through metadata with Spotlight’s command-line utilities
• Building the Darwin kernel
• Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X, or better yet, run Mac OS X on a Windows machine with PearPC!

Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks is the ideal survival guidefor taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you’re a Unix geek with aninterest in Mac OS X, you’ll find this clear, concise book invaluable.