Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks,3/e

Description:

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!

Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks is the ideal survival guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.

 

Table of Contents:

Preface

Part I. Getting Around

1. Inside the Terminal

     Mac OS X Shells
     The Terminal and xterm Compared

     Using the Terminal

     Customizing the Terminal

     The Services Menu

     Bonjour

     Alternative Terminal Applications

     The open Command

2. Searching and Metadata

     Spotlight

     Resource Forks and HFS+ Metadata

3. The Mac OS X Filesystem

     Working with Foreign Filesystems

     Files and Directories

4. Startup

     Booting Mac OS X

     Adding Startup Items

     Scheduling Tasks

5. Directory Services

     Understanding Directory Services

     Programming with Directory Services

     Configuring Directory Services

     NetInfo Manager

     Directory Services Utilities

     Managing Groups

     Managing Users and Passwords

     Managing Hostnames and IP Addresses

     Exporting Directories with NFS

     Flat Files and Their Directory Services Counterparts

     Restoring the Directory Services Database

6. Printing

     Printer Setup Utility

     Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)

     Gimp-Print

7. The X Window System

     Installing X11

     Running X11

     Customizing X11

     X11-based Applications and Libraries

     Connecting to Other X Window Systems

     Virtual Network Computing

8. Multimedia

     Burning CDs

     Video

     Image Editing

     3D Modeling

9. Third-Party Tools and Applications

     Virtual Desktops and Screens

     The Application Menu

     Expos?

     Virtual Desktops

     SSH GUIs

     R with an Aqua GUI

     NeoOffice/J and OpenOffice

10. Dual-Boot and Beyond

     Why Bother?

     Linux on Mac Hardware

     Emulators on Mac OS X

     Emulating the Mac

Part II. Building Applications

11. Compiling Source Code

     Compiler Differences

     Compiling Unix Source Code

     Architectural Issues

     X11-based Applications and Libraries

     Xgrid

12. Libraries, Headers, and Frameworks

     Header Files

     The System Library: libSystem

     libstdc++

     Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules

     Library Versions

     Creating and Linking Static Libraries

     Creating Frameworks

     The Dynamic Linker dyld: Prebinding, the Pre-Tiger Way

     Performance Tools and Debugging Tools

     CHUD Tools

     Interesting and Important Libraries

     Numerical Libraries

Part III. Working with Packages

13. Fink

     Installing Fink

     Using Fink

     FinkCommander

     Installing Binaries

14. DarwinPorts

     Installing DarwinPorts

     Using DarwinPorts

     DarwinPorts Maintenance

     Installing Binaries

     DPGUI

15. Creating and Installing Packages

     Using PackageMaker

     Using GNU tar

     Disk Images

     Creating Fink Packages

     Creating DarwinPorts Packages

Part IV. Serving and System Management

16. Using Mac OS X as a Server

     Getting Connected

     Built-in Services: The Sharing Panel

     Email

     The Mac OS X Firewall

17. System Management Tools

     Diagnostic Utilities

     Kernel Utilities

     System Configuration

     Third-Party Applications

18. Free Databases

     SQLite

     MySQL

     PostgreSQL

     PHP and Perl

19. Perl and Python

     Perl for Mac OS X Geeks

     Python for Mac OS X Geeks

Part V. Appendixes

A. Mac OS X GUI Primer

B. Mac OS X's Unix Development Tools

Index