- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (3 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201795353
- ISBN-13: 978-0201795356
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 17.8 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #26 in Books > Computers & Internet > Mac OS > Unix for Mac OS X
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With Mac OS X, Apple has completely rebuilt the Macintosh operating system from the ground up--and yes, it's Unix that's running this new Mac OS. Mac users can now use the terminal command line to write a Perl script, automate batch commands, run an Apache server, use sendmail, and grep to their heart's delight. And alternately, many experienced Unix programmers are thrilled to be able to write shell scripts on the Mac platform. Unix for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide shows readers how to configure their Unix environment, navigate permissions, directories and files, run handy Unix utilities, configure and run the Apache Web server, and much more. In addition, readers will learn how to protect their files with Unix's security tools, and how to fix their Macs when things go wrong.
About the Author
Matisse Enzer studied architecture at the Cooper Union in New York City and with renowned architect Christopher Alexander (A Pattern Language) in California. Matisse worked at The WELL during the time it became one of the very first online communities to connect to the Internet. Since 1994 he's worked as a self-employed Internet consultant, designing and building a wide variety of systems. This is his first book for Peachpit Press.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Since the introduction of Mac OS X which comes with Darwin (a flavour of an Unix variant, FreeBSD), I have bought several books in order to get familiar with Unix and to start using popular open source applications such as MySQL and PHP. Some of these books dealt with Unix in general, some have been written for Mac users like myself.
With Matisse Enzer's help, I have finally achieved my goal and I know now not only how to start the Apache server which comes standard with Mac OS X but also how to change my configuration so this happens automatically every time I restart the machine.
The book is written in a very clear style with a dry sense of humour, loads of useful tips and interesting background information in sidebars. The first 20 pages already taught me more than other books hadn't been able to show me in their entirety. The reader is being addressed by the writer as an intelligent person, not as a dummy. The book is packed with practical bits I could start to use immediately (simple scripts, the power of pipelines, for instance).
If you are running Mac OS X and would like to use the force of Unix (for example, by turning your machine into a server with a web-ended, PHP scripted MySQL database), but always had trouble getting a handle on Unix, this book is the one (and maybe only) you need. It will take a while before a book on Unix will come along for Mac users that surpasses Matisse Enzer's "UNIX for Mac OS X".
Matisse, chapeau!
With Matisse Enzer's help, I have finally achieved my goal and I know now not only how to start the Apache server which comes standard with Mac OS X but also how to change my configuration so this happens automatically every time I restart the machine.
The book is written in a very clear style with a dry sense of humour, loads of useful tips and interesting background information in sidebars. The first 20 pages already taught me more than other books hadn't been able to show me in their entirety. The reader is being addressed by the writer as an intelligent person, not as a dummy. The book is packed with practical bits I could start to use immediately (simple scripts, the power of pipelines, for instance).
If you are running Mac OS X and would like to use the force of Unix (for example, by turning your machine into a server with a web-ended, PHP scripted MySQL database), but always had trouble getting a handle on Unix, this book is the one (and maybe only) you need. It will take a while before a book on Unix will come along for Mac users that surpasses Matisse Enzer's "UNIX for Mac OS X".
Matisse, chapeau!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is absolutely brilliant. I don't usually write reviews but this one deserved it.
Whether you're already familiar with UNIX, or not, you'll find this book well written and extremely useful if you want to become an OS X power user. If you're looking to deploy a Mac OS X based server, either on a LAN or on the internet then this book is invaluable.
It teaches you how to do typical "workstation" type stuff from the UNIX command line - like working with files & folders etc. It also gives tons of information about running an internet server for web, FTP, MySQL etc. and explains the key differences between OS X UNIX (Darwin) and other UNIXES.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I came back to Macintosh after four years of Windows, I immediately had the feeling that the command-line envirronment was the only key to get into the real power of the new Os... I decided to buy this book - in spite of the fact that Panther had been released in the meantime - and I found MUCH more than I was looking for. This book is simply introduced as "Unix for Mac OS X" but it's in fact a must-have reference for every (want-to-be) advanced Mac user. Starting from the command line Enzer gives the reader a complete and deep overview of every aspect of the OS and its related technologies, with examples, step-by-step tutorials and theorical explanations - not too mention the many useful and enlightening historical notions scattered between the chapters. I learned more about UNIX reading this book than other specialized titles... In spite of my fears, the book does evenly cover bash even if it's been written for the tsch shell - and when I had a little doubt about that, the author himself answered my questions by email in less than 24 hours! If you want to buy this book I'd only suggest you to check if an updated Tiger edition is being prepared. You won't regret the buy!
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