UNIX Environment/Programming/Administration

• The UNIX Programming Environment
  Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
  Prentice Hall
  ISBN: 0-139-37681-X
  http://netlib.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/upe/index.html

  Starts with a basic introduction to UNIX and its basic commands; covers shell scripting, programming with standard input and output, and UNIX system calls; ends with a full-fledged program which is developed using the lexical analyzer lex and the parser-generator yacc.⁹ If you want to be a guru one day, get this book.

• Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
  W. Richard Stevens
  Addison-Wesley
  ISBN: 0-201-56317-7
  http://www.kohala.com/start/

  Picks up where The UNIX Programming Environment leaves off.

• Open Source Development with CVS
  Karl Fogel
  Coriolis
  ISBN: 1-576-10490-7
  http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/

  ``CVS'' stands for ``Concurrent Versions System,'' and is a tool to manage the source code and revisions for software project, both individual and group.

• UNIX System Administration Handbook, Second Edition
  Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein
  Prentice Hall
  ISBN: 0-131-51051-7
  http://www.admin.com/

  The Purple Book.¹⁰ Covers almost everything you need to know about UNIX system administration, comparing and contrasting the ways in which different flavors of UNIX converge and diverge with regards to the same issue. Very straightforward and brutally honest, laden with war/horror stories.