The Linux
Programming
inTerface
A Linux and UNIX
®
System Programming Handbook
The Linux
Programming
inTerface
The Linux Programming Interface is the definitive guide
to the Linux and UNIX programming interface—the
interface employed by nearly every application that
runs on a Linux or UNIX system.
In this authoritative work, Linux programming
expert Michael Kerrisk provides detailed descriptions
of the system calls and library functions that you need
in order to master the craft of system programming,
and accompanies his explanations with clear, complete
example programs.
You’ll find descriptions of over 500 system calls
and library functions, and more than 200 example pro-
grams, 88 tables, and 115 diagrams. You’ll learn how to:
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Read and write files efficiently
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Use signals, clocks, and timers
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Create processes and execute programs
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Write secure programs
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Write multithreaded programs using POSIX threads
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Build and use shared libraries
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Perform interprocess communication using pipes,
message queues, shared memory, and semaphores
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Write network applications with the sockets API
While The Linux Programming Interface covers a wealth
of Linux-specific features, including epoll, inotify, and
the
/proc file system, its emphasis on UNIX standards
(POSIX.1-2001/SUSv3 and POSIX.1-2008/SUSv4)
makes it equally valuable to programmers working on
other UNIX platforms.
The Linux Programming Interface is the most com-
prehensive single-volume work on the Linux and UNIX
programming interface, and a book that’s destined to
become a new classic.
Michael Kerrisk (http://man7.org/) has been using and programming UNIX systems
for more than 20 years, and has taught many week-long courses on UNIX system
programming. Since 2004, he has maintained the man-pages project, which
produces the manual pages describing the Linux kernel and glibc programming
APIs. He has written or cowritten more than 250 of the manual pages and is actively
involved in the testing and design review of new Linux kernel-userspace interfaces.
Michael lives with his family in Munich, Germany.
The definiTive guide To Linux
and unix
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