If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O'Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks", that depth of understanding shows. This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment.
Topics include: Using the Terminal and understanding how it differs from an xterm; Using Directory Services, Open Directory (LDAP), and NetInfo; Compiling code with GCC 3; Library linking and porting Unix software; Creating and installing packages with Fink; Using DarwinPorts; Search through metadata with Spotlight's command-line utilities; Building the Darwin kernel; and Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X, or better yet, run Mac OS X on a Windows machine with PearPC! "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" is the ideal survival guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.
- ISBN10 0596108028
- ISBN13 9780596108021
- Publish Date 1 June 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint O'Reilly Media
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 416
- Language English