B

background processes, % (percent), 170

backticks (`), comments, 503

Backup PC backup tool, 545

backups

Amanda, 566–572

CD drives , writable, 549–553

cron and, 560–562

different computer, 542

different hard disk, 542

different partitions, 542

disk mirroring, 546

disklist file, 570

dump command and, 557–560

DVD drives, writable, 554–555

files, 564

frequency of backup, 544

full backups, 546

incremental, 546

local, 542–543

magnetic tape, 548

mediums, 547

network backups, 547

pax archiving tool, 572

remote, 543–544

restore command, 562–566

rsync command and, 542–544

selection tips, 545

system restore, 563

to hard drive, 556

writing to, 550

Bacula backup tool, 545

bash command shell, initial login scripts and, 480

bash shell, 152

cut command, 512

external programs, 512–513

sed (Stream Editor), 513

tr (translator), 513

.bashrc file, 480

batch files. See shell scripts, 502

Beagle, Mono and, 21

befs (BeOS file system), 437

bg option, NFS file systems mounting and, 758

bin login, 427

BIND

Mac OS X and, 986

resources, 983

binutils tool, 223

BitTorrent, 365, 395–396

bookmarks, Firefox, 372

Boot Camp, 1010

boot loader, installation and, 40, 41

Boot Loader Configuration, installation, 27

boot procedure, installation and, 37

Bourne Again SHell, 152

browsers

default, 385

preferences, 97

browsing

Firefox, 373

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 367

options, Samba, 772–773

URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), 367

bus topology, LANs, 636