< publication > "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1).
The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix . So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon ) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the " fork (2)" system call ).
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(1996-12-03)