A book on the design of the UNIX operating system

[that, and little else]

In article <254 at algor2.UUCP> jeffrey at algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>In article <302 at ge1cbx.UUCP> gerald at ge1cbx.UUCP (Gerald Aden) writes:
>>A co-worker mentioned a book on the design of the UNIX operating system
>>that puts Bach's book to shame.  He didn't know the name of the author or
>>the exact title of the book but thought that it was written by some guy in
>>Australia.  Does anyone know of such a book and whether or not it is still
>>available?

i think you mean "The Design and Implementation of 4.3BSD Unix" 
(or something close to that).  it's written by Samuel Leffler,
Kirk McKusick, et al, the ones who wrote 4.3 BSD Unix.  the
book is published by Addison-Wesley, and i wouldn't say that
it "puts the Bach book to shame," but it is easier to follow
and understand, and if you're interested in Berkeley Unix as
opposed to SysV, it's indispensable.  it's about $35 from the
publisher, a bit higher in the bookstores....

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