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Overview
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
- Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X, or better yet, run Mac OS X on a Windows machine with PearPC!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780596552749 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | O'Reilly Media, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 06/01/2005 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 416 |
| File size: | 9 MB |
About the Author
Brian Jepson is an O'Reilly editor, programmer, co-author of all editions of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks, and co-author with Dave Taylor on the Jaguar and Panther editions of Learning Unix for Mac OS X. He's also a volunteer system administrator and all-around geek for AS220, a non-profit arts center in Providence, Rhode Island. AS220 gives Rhode Island artists uncensored and unjuried forums for their work. These forums include galleries, performance space, and publications. Brian sees to it that technology, especially free software, supports that mission.
Ernest Rothman is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department at Salve Regina University (SRU). Like Brian, Ernie has co-authored every edition of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks. Ernie holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and held positions at the Cornell Theory Center in Ithaca, New York, before coming to SRU. His academic interests are in scientific computing, computational science, and applied mathematics education. As a long-time Unix aficionado, Ernie has enjoyed tinkering with Mac OS X since the day it was first released. You can keep abreast of his latest activities at http://homepage.mac.com/samchops.
Table of Contents
Preface;
Audience for This Book;
Organization of This Book;
Xcode Tools;
Where to Go for More Information;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Comments and Questions;
Safari Enabled;
Acknowledgments from the Previous Editions;
Acknowledgments from Brian Jepson;
Acknowledgments from Ernest E. Rothman;
Part I: Getting Around;
Chapter 1: Inside the Terminal;
1.1 Mac OS X Shells;
1.2 The Terminal and xterm Compared;
1.3 Using the Terminal;
1.4 Customizing the Terminal;
1.5 The Services Menu;
1.6 Bonjour;
1.7 Alternative Terminal Applications;
1.8 The open Command;
Chapter 2: Searching and Metadata;
2.1 Spotlight;
2.2 Resource Forks and HFS+ Metadata;
Chapter 3: The Mac OS X Filesystem;
3.1 Working with Foreign Filesystems;
3.2 Files and Directories;
Chapter 4: Startup;
4.1 Booting Mac OS X;
4.2 Adding Startup Items;
4.3 Scheduling Tasks;
Chapter 5: Directory Services;
5.1 Understanding Directory Services;
5.2 Programming with Directory Services;
5.3 Configuring Directory Services;
5.4 NetInfo Manager;
5.5 Directory Services Utilities;
5.6 Managing Groups;
5.7 Managing Users and Passwords;
5.8 Managing Hostnames and IP Addresses;
5.9 Exporting Directories with NFS;
5.10 Flat Files and Their Directory Services Counterparts;
5.11 Restoring the Directory Services Database;
Chapter 6: Printing;
6.1 Printer Setup Utility;
6.2 Common Unix Printing System (CUPS);
6.3 Gimp-Print;
Chapter 7: The X Window System;
7.1 Installing X11;
7.2 Running X11;
7.3 Customizing X11;
7.4 X11-based Applications and Libraries;
7.5 Connecting to Other X Window Systems;
7.6 Virtual Network Computing;
Chapter 8: Multimedia;
8.1 Burning CDs;
8.2 Video;
8.3 Image Editing;
8.4 3D Modeling;
Chapter 9: Third-Party Tools and Applications;
9.1 Virtual Desktops and Screens;
9.2 The Application Menu;
9.3 Exposé;
9.4 Virtual Desktops;
9.5 SSH GUIs;
9.6 R with an Aqua GUI;
9.7 NeoOffice/J and OpenOffice;
Chapter 10: Dual-Boot and Beyond;
10.1 Why Bother?;
10.2 Linux on Mac Hardware;
10.3 Emulators on Mac OS X;
10.4 Emulating the Mac;
Part II: Building Applications;
Chapter 11: Compiling Source Code;
11.1 Compiler Differences;
11.2 Compiling Unix Source Code;
11.3 Architectural Issues;
11.4 X11-based Applications and Libraries;
11.5 Xgrid;
Chapter 12: Libraries, Headers, and Frameworks;
12.1 Header Files;
12.2 The System Library: libSystem;
12.3 libstdc++;
12.4 Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules;
12.5 Library Versions;
12.6 Creating and Linking Static Libraries;
12.7 Creating Frameworks;
12.8 The Dynamic Linker dyld: Prebinding, the Pre-Tiger Way;
12.9 Performance Tools and Debugging Tools;
12.10 CHUD Tools;
12.11 Interesting and Important Libraries;
12.12 Numerical Libraries;
Part III: Working with Packages;
Chapter 13: Fink;
13.1 Installing Fink;
13.2 Using Fink;
13.3 FinkCommander;
13.4 Installing Binaries;
Chapter 14: DarwinPorts;
14.1 Installing DarwinPorts;
14.2 Using DarwinPorts;
14.3 DarwinPorts Maintenance;
14.4 Installing Binaries;
14.5 DPGUI;
Chapter 15: Creating and Installing Packages;
15.1 Using PackageMaker;
15.2 Using GNU tar;
15.3 Disk Images;
15.4 Creating Fink Packages;
15.5 Creating DarwinPorts Packages;
Part IV: Serving and System Management;
Chapter 16: Using Mac OS X as a Server;
16.1 Getting Connected;
16.2 Built-in Services: The Sharing Panel;
16.3 Email;
16.4 The Mac OS X Firewall;
Chapter 17: System Management Tools;
17.1 Diagnostic Utilities;
17.2 Kernel Utilities;
17.3 System Configuration;
17.4 Third-Party Applications;
Chapter 18: Free Databases;
18.1 SQLite;
18.2 MySQL;
18.3 PostgreSQL;
18.4 PHP and Perl;
Chapter 19: Perl and Python;
19.1 Perl for Mac OS X Geeks;
19.2 Python for Mac OS X Geeks;
Part V: Appendixes;
Appendix A: Mac OS X GUI Primer;
Appendix B: Mac OS X's Unix Development Tools;
B.1 Standard Unix Development Tools;
B.2 Apple's Command-Line Developer Tools;
B.3 Macintosh Tools;
B.4 Java Development Tools;
B.5 Text Editing and Processing;
B.6 Scripting and Shell Programming;
B.7 Working with Files and Directories;
B.8 File Compression and Storage;
B.9 Searching and Sorting;
B.10 Miscellaneous Tools;
About the Authors;
Colophon;