Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks
Demystifying the Geekier Side of Mac OS X
(Sprache: Englisch)
With its rep for being the sort of machine that won't intimidate even the most inexperienced users, what's the appeal of the Mac for hard-core geeks? The Mac has always been an efficient tool, pleasant to use and customize, and eminently hackable. But now...
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With its rep for being the sort of machine that won't intimidate even the most inexperienced users, what's the appeal of the Mac for hard-core geeks? The Mac has always been an efficient tool, pleasant to use and customize, and eminently hackable. But now with Mac OS X's BSD core, many a Unix developer has found it irresistible. The latest version of Mac OS X, called Panther, makes it even easier for users to delve into the underlying Unix operating system. In fact, you can port Linux and Unix applications and run them side-by-side with your native Aqua apps right on the Mac desktop.Still, even experienced Unix users may find themselves in surprisingly unfamiliar territory as they set out to explore Mac OS X. Even if you know Macs through and through, Mac OS X Panther is unlike earlier Macs, and it's radically different from the Unix you've used before.
Enter Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman, two Unix geeks who found themselves in the same place you are. The new edition of this book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Panther-specific components that you may find challenging. This concise book will ease you into the Unix innards of Mac OS X Panther, covering such topics as: A quick overview of the Terminal application, including Terminal alternatives like iTerm and GLterm Understanding Open Directory (LDAP) and NetInfo Issues related to using the GNU C Compiler (GCC) Library linking and porting Unix software An overview of Mac OS X Panther's filesystem and startup processes Creating and installing packages using Fink and Darwin Ports Building the Darwin kernel Using the Apple X11 distribution for running X Windows applications on top of Mac OS X.
The book wraps up with a quick manpage-style reference to the "Missing Manual Pages" --commands that come with Mac OS X Panther, although there are no manpages.
If you find yourself disoriented by the new Mac environment, Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks will
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get you acclimated quickly to the foreign new areas of a familiar Unix landscape.
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If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, 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 like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O'Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, that depth of understanding shows.
This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-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 guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.
This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-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 guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.
Autoren-Porträt von Brian Jepson, Ernest E. Rothman
BRIAN JEPSON is a programmer and consultant specializing in Internet and intranet database development. He is President and cofounder of the SMT Computing Society. He is also the author of Official Guide to Mini SQL 2.0, Java Database Programming, and WWW Database Programming for Windows NT (all from Wiley).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Brian Jepson , Ernest E. Rothman
- 2005, 3rd ed., 456 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 23 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: O'Reilly Associates
- ISBN-10: 0596009127
- ISBN-13: 9780596009120
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks “
"Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks [...] wendet sich an die Spezialisten und Anwender mit Erfahrung, die tief im Innern des Unix-Kernes arbeiten wollen." - Mac Life Empfehlung 4/2006"Immer mehr Unix Geeks steigen auf den Mac um. [...] Trotzdem scheint ein Mac doch irgendwie anders zu ticken. Da hilft Mac OS X for Unix Geeks. Der Titel ist vortrefflich gewählt, denn das Buch geht auf genau die Fragen ein, die sich einem Unix Benutzer auf dem Mac stellen.
Das Buch beginnt natürlich mit einem Kapitel zu Terminals unter Mac OS X. Ein guter Start für den Rundgang durch das System, der im ersten und umfangreichsten Teil Getting Around zu finden ist. Dabei vermitteln die Autoren auf leicht lesbare Weise, was an Mac OS X anders ist. Besonders interessant sind die Artikel zu Directory Services und NetInfo, die einige Aha-Erlebnisse bergen. Darüber hinaus bietet dieser Teil nützliche Informationen zum Dateisystem HFS+, zum Boot-Vorgang und zur Shell-Sicht auf Mac OS X.
Der zweite Teil Building Applications leistet Unix Programmierern wertvolle Dienste. Denn auch im Bereich der Compiler und Bibliotheken ist auf dem Mac einiges anders. [...]" - Felix Hassert, Buchtest.com, 11/2005
"Sie [Jepson und Rothman] weisen erfahrenen Unix-Nutzern den Weg und halten sich nicht weiter mit Grundlegendem auf. Ohne Umschweife erklären sie die Besonderheiten des Dateisystems HFS+ und von Spotlight, dem Apple-eigenen Mechanismus zur Lokalisierung von Dateien. Dann wenden sie sich der Konfiguration des Grafiksystems X11 zu und dröseln detailliert die Feinheiten auf, die beim Erzeugen eigener Programme und Bibliotheken in C/C++ und Objective-C zu beachten sind. Viel Raum widmen sie auch den bekanntesten Paketmanagern (Fink, DarwinPorts) und schildern, wie man Pakete installiert und auch selbst erzeugt.Der englischsprachige Titel bietet Geeks eine schnelle Orientierungshilfe." - Maik Schmidt, c't Heft 19/2005
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