DEVIL BOOK
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"The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSDUnix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall KirkMcKusick, 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 littledevil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding apitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features ofUnix, the "fork(2)" system call).
By Denis Howe
