Unix for VMS Users (Digital Press VAX Users Series)

By Philip E. Bourne

Book Overview

The only book on UNIX for experienced VMS users making the transition between the two systems. This unique book is for any computer professional making _the transition from VMS to UNIX. Each concept is illustrated with one or more examples comparing the way a task is performed in VMS and in UNIX. You move in a logical sequence, progressing from fundamental concepts to advanced programming and networking. Based on the Berkeley 4.2 version of UNIX, the text includes more than 150 interactive examples as well as appendices providing command summaries and useful cross-reference tables, as well as a glossary.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555580343
• ISBN13: 9781555580346
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Digital Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Useful migration guide

This book is for VAX users who are making the transition from the VMS to the UNIX operating system. It follows a logical sequence from discussion of fundamental concepts and basic command procedures through the use of high-level languages, programming the operating system, text processing, and networked communications. Appendixes provide command and file summaries and crossreference tables. Emphasis is on Berkeley UNIX and...

Offers clear and concise help for learning UNIX after VMS.

After the ease of learning VMS, the horror known as "UNIX" can be very intimidating. This book takes you step by step through the new operating system, and explains the cryptic new commands with very simple and direct comparisons to the familiar commands of VMS. After a short time with this book by your side, the unfamiliar waters will become crystal clear.