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"VooDoo UNIX", Charlie Russel/Sharon Crawford, 1994, 1-56604-067-1, U$27.95
%A   Charlie Russel crussel@netcom.com
%A   Sharon Crawford 76216.1463@compuserve.com
%C   PO Box 2468, Chapel Hill, NC   27515
%D   1994
%G   1-56604-067-1
%I   Ventana Press, Inc.
%O   U$27.95 800-743-5369 919-942-0220 fax: 919-942-1140 dludlow@vmedia.com
%P   299
%T   "VooDoo UNIX"
 
"Dose who plays wit' de daemons ob de UNIX, dey better knows what dey's about." 
Translation:  this book is not for the novice.  It is for those who already
know and use UNIX.  And, contrary to the subtitle, which promises "mastery
tips", you are mostly going to find tricks here.
 
This is a collection of commands and snippets.  Both the material and the
organization are subjective and fairly random.  What you will find useful,
trivial and stupid is going to be personal, but a lot will fall into the latter
categories.  The lack of explanation often means that if you find a specific
command useful, great--but, if you want a related use, you'll have to go
elsewhere.  Typos abound, such as the reference to the MS-DOS prompt argument
of "$P$G" as "4PSG".  (A lot of the book seems to assume a prior knowledge of
DOS.)  Most of the UNIX tips are better proofed than that, but you may want to
check anything involving the rm command.
 
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