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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson
September 2002
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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The First Line of Defense

Most tarballs will include the following files in the top-level directory: README , INSTALL , and a file named PORT or PORTING. These files contain useful information that may help you get the application running on Mac OS X.

README

This document is an introduction to the application and source code. Also, you’ll often find copyright information in this document, notes about bug fixes or improvements made to different versions of the application, and pointers to web sites, FAQs, and mailing lists.

INSTALL

This document contains step-by-step installation instructions.

PORT or PORTING

If present, one of these documents will include tips for porting the application to another platform.

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