<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:20 AM, David Derbes wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I do not know unix as well as I would like. But I can make a couple of suggestions.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">First, David Pogue's books on Mac OS X are very useful and typically contain at least one chapter on the Terminal, unix, and such like. Pogue is really very good for people who are intelligent but do not know a great deal about computer operating systems.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Next, I have always liked Harley Hahn's The Student's Guide to Unix. I don't know if it is still in print but maybe you can find a copy second hand at abebooks, or ask your friendly librarian to purchase it for the library.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Finally, there may well be a really good guide to Unix for the Mac from O'Reilly or on-line.<br></blockquote><br>Forget about my librarian, she has no money and is even threatened by budget cuts of losing her job.<br><br>However, since I am not under any such threat, I am more than willing to buy such a book. I just haven't had a chance to do it yet. (Yeah, sure). But, for some reason, I am reluctant to buy a book just for one chapter. On the other hand, Hahn's book looks good but do you know if it's Unix for OS X?</div></blockquote><div><br></div>It's Unix. Nothing about Mac OS X that I know about. The version I know best is from 1993, and so absent time travel cannot include anything about Mac OS X. There is a way more expensive recent version that might include something, but I'd buy a cheap copy from abebooks (just bought one to make up for the one a friend stole, and yes, he's still a friend) for well under ten USD.</div><div><br></div><div>In all things Unix, I first look on the web and then try O'Reilly.</div><div><br></div><div>David Derbes</div><div>U of Chicago Lab Schools</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><br>I should also say that the book issue already came up a while ago but I don't have the time right now to look up the archives. I will try to sometimes over the weekend as there were (other?) recommendations.<br><br>And I will check O'Reilly. Should have done so a long time ago. And Googled too.<br><br>Best regards<br>--schremmer<br>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br>List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/">http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/</a><br>List Archive: <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</a><br>TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br>List Info: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>