 | Beginners and experienced users alike will gain the knowledge and develop the skills to learn and use the Sun Microsystems version of the UNIX operating system. Part I is an extensive tutorial bringing those with less experience up to speed, and then quickly progresses to detailed chapters on GUIs, networking, the vi and emacs editors, the three popular shells -- Bourne Shell (sh), the C Shell (csh), and the Korn Shell (ksh) -- many programming tools, and system administration issues. Part II is a comprehensive reference section containing descriptions and examples of 91 Solaris utilities. The information contained within the book is compatible with all releases of Solaris 2.x and both the Intel (x86) and Sparc versions of Solaris and includes thorough coverage off: -- the Solaris programming environment -- concepts common to all three major shells -- how to use and customize the X Window System -- broad Internet coverage In addition, this book offers Appendixes on regular expressions, POSIX standards and a special Help! appendix written in FAQ style that covers everything from setting up special keyboard keys to downloading and installing software (including specific instructions on getting and installing the free GNU C compiler). An excellent on-going resource for reference, this book requires no programming experience. |