Mac OS X Tiger for Unix geeks : demystifying the geekier side of MacOS X / Brian Jepson, Ernest E. Rothman, and Rich Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jepson, Brian, 1967-

Contributor:

Rosen, Rich.

Rothman, Ernest E. (Ernest Eric), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mac OS.

UNIX (Computer file).

Macintosh (Computer)--Programming.

Macintosh (Computer).

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you're a developer or system administrator lured to Mac OS X because of its Unix roots, you'll quickly discover that performing Unix tasks on a Mac is different than what you're accustomed to. Mac OS X for Unix Geeks serves as a bridge between Apple's Darwin OS and the more traditional Unix systems. This clear, concise guide gives you a tour of Mac OS X's Unix shell in both Leopard and Tiger, and helps you find the facilities that replace or correspond to standard Unix utilities. You'll learn how to perform common Unix tasks in Mac OS X, such as using Directory Ser

Contents:

Mac OS X for Unix Geeks; Organization of This Book; Part II, Building Applications; Part III, Working with Packages; Part IV, Serving and System Management; Appendix; Xcode Tools; Where to Go for More Information; Conventions Used in This Book; Comments and Questions; Safari® Books Online; Acknowledgments from the Previous Editions; Acknowledgments from Brian Jepson; Acknowledgments from Ernest E. Rothman; Acknowledgments from Rich Rosen; I. Getting Around; The Terminal and xterm Compared; Using the Terminal; The Contextual Menu; Customizing the Terminal; Settings; Window groups

Customizing the Terminal on the FlyExporting and Importing Terminal Settings; Saving Terminal settings in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard; Working with File and Directory Names; Changing Your Shell; The Services Menu; Bonjour; Alternative Terminal Applications; The open Command; 2. Searching and Metadata; Inspecting a File's Attributes; Managing Spotlight; Apple's Hiding Places for File Metadata; Preserving Metadata; 3. Files and Filesystems; Troubleshooting; Files and Directories; The /etc Directory; The /dev Directory; The /var Directory; The /System/Library Directory; The /Library Directory

4. StartupInitialization; launchd; SystemStarter; Mach Bootstrap Services; Creating Programs that Run Automatically; SystemStarter; The property list; Launching with launchd; Periodic Jobs; 5. Directory Services; Configuring Directory Services; Managing Directory Services Data; Creating a user's home directory; Granting administrative privileges; Modifying a user; Deleting a user; Managing Groups; Adding users to a group; Deleting a group; Managing Hostnames and IP Addresses; Flat Files and Their Directory Services Counterparts; Programming with Directory Services; 6. Printing

Creating a Desktop Icon for a PrinterModifying a Printer's Settings; Monitoring Printer Status and Troubleshooting; Printer Sharing; The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS); KDE; Manual printer configuration (Linux and Unix); Printing from Linux; Printing-Related Shell Commands; Open Source Printer Drivers; The HP InkJet Server (HPIJS) Project; 7. The X Window System and VNC; Running X11; Customizing X11; X11 Preferences, Applications Menu, and Dock Menu; Output; Security; Customizing X11's Applications menu; X11-Based Applications and Libraries; TKAqua; Connecting to Other X Window Systems

Virtual Network Computing (VNC)Connecting to the Mac OS X VNC Server; Aqua-based VNC servers; Screen Sharing with iChat; Restarting VNC Connections; 8. Third-Party Tools and Applications; Fugu; SSH Agent; Mounting SSH Servers As Network Volumes; TeX; TeXShop; LaTeXiT; R with an Aqua GUI; Open Source Replacements for Microsoft Office; Video; Image Editing; 3D Modeling; 9. Dual-Boot and Beyond; Linux on Mac Hardware; Installation and Configuration; Linux on Older Macs; Mac-on-Linux; Emulators on Mac OS X; Parallels; VMware Fusion; Virtual PC; VirtualBox; QEMU; II. Building Applications

Compiling Unix Source Code

Notes:

Includes index.

Revised edition: Mac OS X Tiger for Unix geeks, c2005.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9781306814799

1306814790

9780596155759

0596155751

9780596555191

0596555199

OCLC:

609840766