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<H2><A NAME="refs"></A> <A NAME="s16">16. References and Further Reading</A></H2>
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BORLAND C++ TOOLS AND UTILITIES GUIDE, Borland International, 1992,
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pp. 9-42.
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[One of the manuals distributed with Borland C++, ver. 3.1. Gives
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a fairly good intro to make syntax and concepts, using Borland's
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crippled implementation for DOS.]
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DuBois, Paul: SOFTWARE PORTABILITY WITH IMAKE, O'Reilly and Associates,
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1996, ISBN 1-56592-226-3.
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[This is reputed to be the definitive imake reference, though I did not
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have it available when writing this article.]
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Frisch, Aeleen: ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION (2nd ed.), O'Reilly and
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Associates, 1995, ISBN 1-56592-127-5.
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[This otherwise excellent sys admin handbook has only sketchy coverage
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of software building.]
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Hekman, Jessica: LINUX IN A NUTSHELL, O'Reilly and Associates, 1997, ISBN
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1-56592-167-4.
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[Good all-around reference to Linux commands.]
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Lehey, Greg: PORTING UNIX SOFTWARE, O'Reilly and Associates, 1995, ISBN
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1-56592-126-7.
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Mayer, Herbert G.: ADVANCED C PROGRAMMING ON THE IBM PC, Windcrest Books,
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1989, ISBN 0-8306-9363-7.
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[An idea-filled book for the intermediate to advanced C programmer.
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Superb coverage of algorithms, quirks of the language, and even
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amusements. Unfortunately, out of print.]
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Mui, Linda and Valerie Quercia: X USER TOOLS, O'Reilly and Associates,
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1994, ISBN 1-56592-019-8, pp. 734-760.
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Oram, Andrew and Steve Talbott: MANAGING PROJECTS WITH MAKE, O'Reilly
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and Associates, 1991, ISBN 0-937175-90-0.
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Peek, Jerry and Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides: UNIX POWER TOOLS,
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O'Reilly and Associates / Random House, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-260-3.
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[A wonderful source of ideas, and tons of utilities you may end up
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building from the source code, using the methods discussed in
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this article.]
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Stallman, Richard M. and Roland McGrath: GNU MAKE, Free Software
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Foundation, 1995, ISBN 1-882114-78-7.
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[Required reading.]
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Waite, Mitchell, Stephen Prata, and Donald Martin: C PRIMER PLUS, Waite Group
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Press, ISBN 0-672-22090-3,.
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[Probably the best of the introductions to C programming. Extensive
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coverage for a primer. Newer editions now available.]
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Welsh, Matt and Lar Kaufman: RUNNING LINUX, O'Reilly and Associates,
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1996, ISBN 1-56592-151-8.
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[Still the best overall Linux reference, though lacking in depth
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in some areas.]
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The man pages for dpkg, gcc, gzip, imake, ldconfig, ldd, make, nm, patch,
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rpm, shar, strip, tar, termcap, terminfo, and xmkmf.
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The BZIP2 HOWTO, by David Fetter.
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The Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric Green
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The LINUX ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow.
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The RPM HOWTO, by Donnie Barnes.
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The StarOffice miniHOWTO, by Matthew Borowski.
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<P>[These HOWTOs should be in the <CODE>/usr/doc/HOWTO</CODE> or
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<CODE>/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini</CODE> directory on your system. Updated
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versions are available in text, HTML, and SGML format from the
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<A HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO">LDP site</A>, and usually
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from the respective authors' home sites.]
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