This book doesn't describe the real Mac OS X unix specificity. It's only a brief introduction to unix. Nothing about:
- Bundle
- NetInfo (except for adding a printer)
- the different filesystem hierarchy:
- /private directory
- /Library
- /System
- the filesystem domains (local/networs and user)
- the boot process (rc.boot and rc Scripts)
- Startup items
- DirectoryServices
- the specific OS X processes
- nibindd
- netinfod
- ATSServer
- pbs
- Application packaging
- Frameworks
- HFS+
- Mac alias vs standard symbolic link
- Resource Fork for a file
- etc...
You can obtain the same information present in this book for free, take a look at these URLs:
http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix_book.pdf
http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html
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