Synopses & Reviews
If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its BSD core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Even if you're an experienced Mac user, Mac OS X is unlike earlier Macs, and it's radically different from the Unix you've used before, too.Enter "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks" by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman, two Unix geeks who found themselves in the same place you are. Their new book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Mac-specific components that are making your life difficult and to help ease you into the Unix inside Mac OS X. This concise book includes such topics as:
- A quick overview of the Terminal application
- Understanding Open Directory (LDAP) and NetInfo
- Issues related to using the GNU C Compiler 9GCC
- Library linking and porting Unix software
- An overview of Mac OS X?s filesystem and startup processes
- Creating and installing packages using Fink
- Building the Darwin kernel
- Running X Windows 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 although there are no manpages.If you find yourself disoriented by the new Mac environment,
Mac OS X for Unix Geeks can help you acclimate yourself quickly to the familiar, yet foreign, Unix landscape.
Synopsis
This handy, pocket-sized reference will help readers acclimate themselves to this new familiar, yet foreign, UNIX environment.
About the Author
Brian Jepson is an O'Reilly editor, programmer, and co-author of Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks and Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther. He's also a volunteer system administrator and all-around geek for AS220, a non-profit arts center in Providence, Rhode Island. AS220 gives Rhode Island artists uncensored and unjuried forums for their work. These forums include galleries, performance space, and publications. Brian sees to it that technology, especially free software, supports that mission.
Table of Contents
Preface; Audience for This Book; Organization of This Book; Developer Tools; Where to Go for More Information; Conventions Used in This Book; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments for Brian Jepson; Acknowledgments for Ernest E. Rothman; Getting Around; Chapter 1: The Mac OS X Command Line; 1.1 Mac OS X Shells; 1.2 The Terminal and xterm Compared; 1.3 Using the Terminal; 1.4 The Services Menu; 1.5 Using the tcsh Shell; 1.6 Mac OS X's Unix Development Tools; Chapter 2: Startup; 2.1 Booting Mac OS X; 2.2 Adding Startup Items; 2.3 Scheduling Tasks; Chapter 3: Directory Services; 3.1 Understanding Directory Services; 3.2 Programming with Directory Services; 3.3 Configuring Directory Services; 3.4 NetInfo; 3.5 NetInfo Utilities; 3.6 NetInfo Command Reference; 3.7 Managing Groups; 3.8 Managing Users and Passwords; 3.9 Managing Hostnames and IP Addresses; 3.10 Exporting Directories with NFS; 3.11 Flat Files and Their NetInfo Counterparts; 3.12 Restoring the NetInfo Database; Building Applications; Chapter 4: Compiling Source Code; 4.1 Compiler Differences; 4.2 Compiling Unix Source Code; 4.3 Architectural Issues; Chapter 5: Libraries, Headers, and Frameworks; 5.1 Header Files; 5.2 The System Library: libSystem; 5.3 Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules; 5.4 Library Versions; 5.5 Creating and Linking Static Libraries; 5.6 Prebinding; 5.7 Interesting and Important Libraries; Chapter 6: Creating and Installing Packages; 6.1 Fink; 6.2 Creating Fink Packages; 6.3 GNU-Darwin; 6.4 Packaging Tools; Beyond the User Space; Chapter 7: Building the Darwin Kernel; 7.1 Darwin Development Tools; 7.2 Getting the Source Code; 7.3 Building and Installing the Kernel; 7.4 Kernel Configuration; Chapter 8: System Management Tools; 8.1 Diagnostic Utilities; 8.2 Kernel Utilities; 8.3 System Configuration; Chapter 9: The X Window System; 9.1 Installing X11; 9.2 Running XDarwin; 9.3 Desktops and Window Managers; 9.4 X11-based Applications and Libraries; 9.5 Making X11 Applications More Aqua-like; 9.6 AquaTerm; 9.7 Connecting to Other X Window Systems; 9.8 Virtual Network Computers; 9.9 Conclusion; Appendixes; The Mac OS X Filesystem; Files and Directories; Command-Line Tools: The Missing Manpages; Colophon;