On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:56:04 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> /etc/services is not a Linux thing, it's a Unix thing. I recall editing
> it for adding "well known" service names for the in-house software back
> when I was working with Solaris desktop computers.
>
Of course. I only omitted mentioning that because we're not talking about
and of the other Unices.

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As for documentation, I still think that, old is it is, there's little
better than "Unix System Programming for SVR4" if you're serious about
writing programs for Unix and its modern descendents.

And add a copy of "Linux/Unix in a Nutshell" to get you up to speed on
general system organisation and use.


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