On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:23:37 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Paul Morgan wrote (2004-02-08 16:37):
>>On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:38:57 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
>>> I use Linux for a couple of years now, and usually know my way around on
>>> various Unix systems. Most of the tools described in the book were unknown
>>> to me because they are no longer used by anyone.
>>>
>>> The tools are important however, they are the most important part of the
>>> Unix environment. So this book is useless.
>>
>>Perhaps you would care to either back up your statement with facts or
>>withdraw it? Most of the tools? Which ones described in the book are no
>>longer in use?
>
> I'd love to, really, but I returned the book. I only remember that it
> was utterly irrelevant for me. Maybe it's not the tools themselves but
> the ancient versions discussed.
>
>
> Thorsten
I have the book, I still use it, and I still find it very useful. It is a
good book for beginners because it introduces basic concepts and tools
(which work pretty much the same now as they did when the book was
published).
It's also worth owning (together with K&R's The C Programming Language)
because it's a little bit of history :)
--
....................paul
It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
enough hammer.
-- Sun System & Network Admin manual
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