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Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, 3rd Edition
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Chapter 2: Searching and Metadata
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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.
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