Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:35:44 GMT From: James Raynard <fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Francisco.Reyes@i-2000.com Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for Docs Message-ID: <199605151235.MAA02824@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199605140028.UAA16345@i-2000.com> (message from Francisco Reyes on Mon, 13 May 96 19:54:18 -0400)
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> > As an example James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> > gave me a brief, but complete explanation about ppp.linkup and I > found it much better than the info in the ppp.linkup.sample. > > With his permission, I am going to try to modify his message a bit > and suggest it as the text for the ppp.linkup.sample. I've already mailed Francisco to agree to this, although it might be better to put it in the docs rather than the file. I've also hinted he might like to volunteer to put some flesh on the PPP-with-dynamic-IP section 8-) > Changing the topic.... > I would like to suggest that in the list of reference books to have a > small > section for Unix begginers. I don't recall if the books section covers > this. Good idea. > I would like to recommend Harley Hahn's "The Unix Companion". It is a > great book for begginers and also a nice reference. This is what I am > using to get up to speed with Unix. Yes, I always used to recommend "The Student's Guide to Unix" (another one of his books) and "Unix in a Nutshell". Looking a bit further down, in the programmer's guides, I was extremely surprised to see nothing by my favourite author, Rich Stevens. As he's written a commentary on the 4.4BSD TCP/IP implementation and (so I understand) runs FreeBSD, surely he deserves some encouragement! (He also writes excellent books, BTW) Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley 1992 ISBN 0-201-56317-7 Essential reading for anyone serious about being a Unix programmer. TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1 W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley 1994 ISBN 0-201-63346-9 A good overview of TCP/IP for users, sysadmins and programmers. TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 2 Gary R. Wright, W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley 1995 ISBN 0-201-63354-X The complete 4.4BSD TCP/IP implementation, with detailed annotations. Unix Network Programming W. Richard Stevens Prentice-Hall 1990 ISBN 0-13-949876-1 A bit dated (currently being re-written), but contains a good introduction to socket programming, among other things. (I have no relationship to Rich Stevens other than being an extremely satisified purchaser of his books, BTW) And surely the first entry on any list of Unix programming books should be The Unix Programming Environment Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike Prentice-Hall 1984 ISBN 0-13-937681-X Showing its age in places, but still an unbeatable introduction to the Unix way of doing things.
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