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Re: Linux - The complete Reference



On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 01:54:22 +0200 (GMT+0200), you wrote:

>fink@post.tau.ac.il (Udi Finkelstein) wrote:
>>  
>>  How good is the "Linux - The Complete Reference" book? cheapbytes's home page
>>  says it's a 1700 page book, but I've seen enough thick books with fluff.
>
>It's just another name for `Linux Bible' - all LDP printed + some other docs.
>I have it (from Cheapbytes, too).
>
>>  I know enough about shell scripts, vi/emacs key combination and that level of
>>  junk the entry level books are filled with. Or for that matter, all the stuff
>>  that appears on man pages.
>
>All the man pages by heart?!! Guys, off your hats! If you hadn't said that, I'd
>have suggested to order the man pages printed for ~$7 more....

I didn't say I know the man pages by heart. What I meant is that if I have a
problem with any command, I know where to look for it (man page), and don't
need a book for that. I can use the online versions of the man pages just
fine, thanks.

I'm interested in a book that is more than man pages. Writing a device driver,
for example, takes more than going over some unix system call man pages (and
what pages would you be looking for? you have to know the names).


>Evgeny

Udi


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