Running Mac OS X Tiger: A No-Compromise Power Users Guide to the Mac (Animal Guide)

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backups

     data, choosing for backup

bang (!) character

bash shell

     aliases

     apropos command

     bash scripting

         backup script

         bash executable

         case statements

         changes in system hardware alert

         command substitution

         conditionals

         conditionals, testing

         diff command

         disk information report

         environment variables

         example scripts

         Hello, World!

         loops 2nd

         quotes

         read command

         secure input

         shebang

         user interaction

     commands, looping through

     configuration files

     echo command

     environment variables

     help command

     history command

     keyboard shortcuts

     pagers

     prompt

     redirecting (piping) output

     set command

.bash_history file

.bash_profile file

.bashrc file

batch command

BBEdit

BeOS

Berners-Lee, Tim

Bill of Materials (.bom) files

bin directory

BIOS

bless command

block commenting (AppleScript)

Blue Box

.bom files

Bonjour

     Bonjour-enabled printers, adding

     mDNS (multicast DNS)

     wide-area support

boot process

     boot command keys

     boot device, changing

     firmware

     hardware boot

     Mac OS 9

     operating system boot

         launchd

         SystemStarter

     Safe Mode

     security and

     setting the boot disk

         blessed system disk

     single-user and verbose boot modes

     Startup Disk preference panel

BootX

Bourne, Steven

BrickHouse

BSD flat files

BSD layer

bug reports, filing with Apple

bundles

bus-powered

bzip2 command