The UNIX CD Bookshelf, Second Edition

By O'Reilly Media, Inc.
January 1900
Pages: 624
ISBN 10: 0-596-00000-6 | ISBN 13: 9780596000004
(4) (Average of 3 Customer Reviews)

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Description

The second edition of The UNIX CD Bookshelf contains six books from O'Reilly, plus the software from UNIX Power Tools--all on a convenient CD-ROM. You also get a bonus print copy of UNIX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition. The CD-ROM contains UNIX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition; UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition (with software); Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition; Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition; sed & awk, 2nd Edition; and Learning the Korn Shell.
Full Description

Computer professionals increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and other online information sources to relieve information pain. Now the second edition of O'Reilly's Unix CD Bookshelf gives you convenient online access to updates of your favorite books on your CD-ROM drive. The UNIX CD Bookshelf contains a powerhouse of UNIX Animal books from O'Reilly, plus the complete text and software from UNIX Power Tools--all readable with your web browser on a convenient CD-ROM. A bonus print copy of UNIX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, is also included. In addition to UNIX Power Tools, you'll find the complete text of the following books: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition; Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition (also new); sed & awk, 2nd Edition; Learning the Korn Shell; and UNIX in a Nutshell, System V Edition. Never has it been easier to learn, or look up, what you need to know online. Formatted in HTML, The UNIX CD Bookshelf can be read by any web browser. The books are fully searchable and cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, there's a master index for the entire library.

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The UNIX CD Bookshelf, 2nd Edition Review, October 22 2001

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Submitted by Marc Sanders [Respond | View]

The CD is really excellent. It's a tremendous time-saver.

However, I had a minor problem with the browser. When you enter a search topic, the browser returns a list of found-items. You can then click on one of the found-items to read about it. But when you finish reading, and return to the list of found-items, they have disappeared. You have to re-enter your search-criteria all over again.

If anyone has a solution to this, please e-mail me at marcsanders@visto.com.

The UNIX CD Bookshelf, 2nd Edition Review, October 02 2000

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Submitted by Saladin Elkadiki [Respond | View]

Good resource. However, I wish it included the UNIX system administration book for more help to sys admins and UNIX developers alike.

The UNIX CD Bookshelf, 2nd Edition Review, August 02 2000

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Submitted by Andrew Instone-Cowie [Respond | View]

The built-in search engine, and being able to search across all the titles on the CD, on their own would make this CD worth buying. Even for experienced sysadmins, being able to find examples and exact syntax quickly and easily, and the ability to cut and past examples straight from the screen, make this product much more useful than the paper versions of the books it contains. Plus, it's a lot easier to carry around...

(And if anyone's taking votes for a second volume, let's start with, Apache, Sendmail, Perl Cookbook, DNS & BIND...!)

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Media reviews "While the static pages of these books are exceedingly valuable, the true power of The Bookshelf is unleashed with the included search facility, which makes every book searchable, allowing users to quickly mine information from some of O'Reilly's top titles. Want to know how to copy files using tar? Merely enter tar and copy into the convenient index page, and the article ``Copying Directory Trees with tar'' from UNIX Power Tools pops upw.As if the collective texts of these invaluable books coupled with a search facility was not enough, a print copy of UNIX in a Nutshell is also includedmThe UNIX CD Bookshelf is a must for any UNIX beginner who hasn't been previously exposed to the usefulness of these wonderful books. It makes for a verbose yet portable UNIX desk reference that will surely save UNIX users hours of time. At $69.95, it is also a bargain compared to the aggregate price of the individual titles."-- Derek Vadala, Linux Journal, April 27, 2000

"I was very impressed with the quality of the product and would recommend it for all Linux users as the information is also relevant in Linux." --Steve Coe, Canada Computes, Dec 2000

"It really goes without saying that this bookshelf collection will be most useful to the Internet technician." --C.C. Dolliway, Software World, December 2000

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