Unix for Mac: Your Visual Blueprint to Maximizing the Foundation of Mac OS X (Visual Read Less, Learn More) - Softcover

Henry–Stocker, Sandra; Bartlett, Kynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076453730X ISBN 13: 9780764537301

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

∗ Mac OS X combines the Unix power developers need with Mac′s ease of use, offering a unique combination of technical elements with enhanced performance, compatibility, and usability
∗ Shows readers how to use the Terminal application and the command interface, and explores the many Unix applications using step–by–step screen shots
∗ Readers will learn how to manage, create, edit, and transfer files; configure the Unix environment; navigate permissions, directories and files; run Unix utilities; and configure and run the Apache Web server

About this title

From the Back Cover

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional–level computer topics. Open the book and you ll discover step–by–step screen shots that demonstrate over 160 key Unix tasks you can do on Mac OS X, including:

• Using the terminal application
• Navigating the file system
• Working with pico, vi, and emacs text editors
• Customizing the shell
• Writing shell scripts
• Sharing files between computers
• Using system administration commands
• Installing and using Internet applications
• Running the X Window System
• Developing new Unix applications

Productivity tools and much more on CD–ROM!

• OpenOffice.org, a free office productivity software suite
• Gimp, a GNU image manipulation program
• XFree86 to run X Window System applications
• Plus a searchable e–version of the book

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076453730X
• ISBN 13: 9780764537301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350