This lively, irreverent book gives straighforward advice on the best way to perform any task in the UNIX environment. Regardless of the UNIX version used by the reader, John Montgomery unlocks the mysteries of the file system and covers all the essentials for exploiting the power of the UNIX operating system. For practical advice on everything from customizing any UNIX environment, to preventing and surviving common UNIX disasters, this book is fun for serious users.

Author Biography

John Montgomery is Features Editor at Byte magazine and the author of The Underground Guide to UNIX (R) (Addison-Wesley, 1995), and the proud owner of a brown house somewhere in California. John Montgomery is the author of The Underground Guide to UNIX (R) and Troubleshooting Your Multimedia PC. He is CIO of Imagine, Inc.0201406535AB04062001