Ebook: Mac OS X Tiger for Unix geeks: demystifying the geekier side of MacOS X

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;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.