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[[Image:Lions UNIX book cover.jpg|150px|right|thumb|The Lions book]] | [[Image:Lions UNIX book cover.jpg|150px|right|thumb|The Lions book]] | ||
| − | The '''Lions book''' was the first work to document how the [[UNIX]] [[kernel]] works. | + | The '''Lions book''', so named as it was written by [[John Lions]], was the first work to document how the [[UNIX]] [[kernel]] works. It's based on [[UNIX Sixth Edition]], and includes the complete [[source code]] for the kernel. |
It was out-of-print for a long time, from shortly after it first appeared in 1976, after AT+T cracked down on it to protect their UNIX intellectual property. During this period, it became probably the most widely circulated item of ''samizdat'' in the West. It is now finally available again. | It was out-of-print for a long time, from shortly after it first appeared in 1976, after AT+T cracked down on it to protect their UNIX intellectual property. During this period, it became probably the most widely circulated item of ''samizdat'' in the West. It is now finally available again. | ||
| − | You can find more information on the book, and a PDF copy of it | + | You can find more information on the book, and a PDF copy of it, online (below). |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[UNIX V6 internals]] - a few notes on various specific topics covered in more detail than in Lions, | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | [http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/book.pdf A Commentary on The Sixth Edition Unix Operating System] - PDF (not a scan) | + | * [http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/book.pdf A Commentary on The Sixth Edition Unix Operating System] - PDF (not a scan) |
| + | * [https://www.krsaborio.net/unix-source-code/research/1997/04.html Review of Lions' Commentary] | ||
[[Category: UNIX]] | [[Category: UNIX]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:51, 24 July 2024
The Lions book, so named as it was written by John Lions, was the first work to document how the UNIX kernel works. It's based on UNIX Sixth Edition, and includes the complete source code for the kernel.
It was out-of-print for a long time, from shortly after it first appeared in 1976, after AT+T cracked down on it to protect their UNIX intellectual property. During this period, it became probably the most widely circulated item of samizdat in the West. It is now finally available again.
You can find more information on the book, and a PDF copy of it, online (below).
See also
- UNIX V6 internals - a few notes on various specific topics covered in more detail than in Lions,
