For more than twenty years, serious C
programmers have relied on one book for practical, in-depth
knowledge of the programming interfaces that drive the UNIX and
Linux kernels: W. Richard Stevens’ Advanced
Programming in the UNIX® Environment. Now, once
again, Rich’s colleague Steve Rago has thoroughly updated
this classic work. The new third edition supports today’s
leading platforms, reflects new technical advances and best
practices, and aligns with Version 4 of the Single UNIX
Specification.
Steve carefully retains the spirit and
approach that have made this book so valuable. Building on
Rich’s pioneering work, he begins with files, directories,
and processes, carefully laying the groundwork for more advanced
techniques, such as signal handling and terminal I/O. He also
thoroughly covers threads and multithreaded programming, and
socket-based IPC.
This edition covers more than seventy new
interfaces, including POSIX asynchronous I/O, spin locks, barriers,
and POSIX semaphores. Most obsolete interfaces have been removed,
except for a few that are ubiquitous. Nearly all examples have been
tested on four modern platforms: Solaris 10, Mac OS X version
10.6.8 (Darwin 10.8.0), FreeBSD 8.0, and Ubuntu version 12.04
(based on Linux 3.2).
As in previous editions, you’ll learn
through examples, including more than ten thousand lines of
downloadable, ISO C source code. More than four hundred system
calls and functions are demonstrated with concise, complete
programs that clearly illustrate their usage, arguments, and return
values. To tie together what you’ve learned, the book
presents several chapter-length case studies, each reflecting
contemporary environments.
Advanced Programming in the
UNIX® Environment has helped generations of
programmers write code with exceptional power, performance, and
reliability. Now updated for today’s systems, this third
edition will be even more valuable.
Description:
For more than twenty years, serious C programmers have relied on one book for practical, in-depth knowledge of the programming interfaces that drive the UNIX and Linux kernels: W. Richard Stevens’ Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment. Now, once again, Rich’s colleague Steve Rago has thoroughly updated this classic work. The new third edition supports today’s leading platforms, reflects new technical advances and best practices, and aligns with Version 4 of the Single UNIX Specification.
Steve carefully retains the spirit and approach that have made this book so valuable. Building on Rich’s pioneering work, he begins with files, directories, and processes, carefully laying the groundwork for more advanced techniques, such as signal handling and terminal I/O. He also thoroughly covers threads and multithreaded programming, and socket-based IPC.
This edition covers more than seventy new interfaces, including POSIX asynchronous I/O, spin locks, barriers, and POSIX semaphores. Most obsolete interfaces have been removed, except for a few that are ubiquitous. Nearly all examples have been tested on four modern platforms: Solaris 10, Mac OS X version 10.6.8 (Darwin 10.8.0), FreeBSD 8.0, and Ubuntu version 12.04 (based on Linux 3.2).
As in previous editions, you’ll learn through examples, including more than ten thousand lines of downloadable, ISO C source code. More than four hundred system calls and functions are demonstrated with concise, complete programs that clearly illustrate their usage, arguments, and return values. To tie together what you’ve learned, the book presents several chapter-length case studies, each reflecting contemporary environments.
Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment has helped generations of programmers write code with exceptional power, performance, and reliability. Now updated for today’s systems, this third edition will be even more valuable.