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Mac OS X in a Nutshell
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Mac OS X in a Nutshell

by Jason McIntosh, Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone
January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Symbols

! redirection symbol (tcsh), Quoting
# command (csh/tcsh), #
#! command (csh/tcsh), #!
$ variable substitution (tcsh), Quoting
& background execution (tcsh), Quoting
& redirection symbol (tcsh), Quoting
( ) command grouping (tcsh), Quoting
* filename metacharacter (tcsh), Quoting
.app extensions, Building Applications with MRJAppBuilder
.cshrc file sample, Sample .cshrc File
.dfont extension, Fonts and Font Management
.dmg files, Utilities, Disk Images
.emacs file, The .emacs file
.gz files, File Compression
.hqx files, File Compression
.html files, Types of Text Files
.lproj folders, International
.Mac (Apple’s subscriber service), Internet
accounts, .Mac Accounts
.Mac (Internet panel), Internet
.Mac page, Apple Sites
.nib files, Interface Builder
.plist files (see property list files)
.rtf files, Types of Text Files
.sit files, File Compression
.tar files, File Compression
.txt files, Types of Text Files
.xinitrc script, Aqua-Like X Windows with OroborOSX
.zip files, File Compression
/aliases directory and NetInfo, Exploring Common Directories
/Application Support folder (/Library folder), The Library folder
/Applications folder (/Developer folder), The Developer Folder
/Assistants folder (/Library folder), The Library folder
/Audio folder (/Library folder), The Library folder
/automount directory, Hidden Darwin files
/bin directory, Hidden Darwin files
/ColorPickers folder (/Library folder), The Library folder
/ColoSync folder (/Library folder), The Library folder
/Components folder (/Library folder), ...
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