On Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:04:31 -0700 
 "Andrew S. Clapp" <andrew@sedona.net> wrote:

 > Where can I find more infomation about this?
 > Any good books around?  

Might grab a copy of "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD 
Operating System", for starters.

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