Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment 2nd

Advanced Programming in the UNIX&"3" class="v2"

height="18">By W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional

Pub Date: June 17, 2005

ISBN: 0201433079

Pages: 960

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"Stephen Rago's update is a long overdue benefit to the community of professionals using the versatile

programmer. Rago has updated and extended the classic Stevens text while keeping true to the original. The

APIs are illuminated by clear examples of their use. He also mentions many of the pitfalls to look out for

when programming across different UNIX system implementations and points out how to avoid these pitfalls

using relevant standards such as POSIX 1003.1, 2004 edition and the Single UNIX Specification, Version

3."--Andrew Josey, Director, Certification, The Open Group, and Chair of the POSIX 1003.1 Working

Group"Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment, Second Edition, is an essential reference for

anyone writing programs for a UNIX system. It's the first book I turn to when I want to understand or

re-learn any of the various system interfaces. Stephen Rago has successfully revised this book to incorporate

newer operating systems such as GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X while keeping true to the first edition in

terms of both readability and usefulness. It will always have a place right next to my computer."--Dr.

more readable and detailed treatment of UNIX internals can be found in Advanced Programming in the

UNIX® Environment by W. Richard Stevens (Addison-Wesley). This book includes lots of realistic

examples, and I find it quite helpful when I have systems programming tasks to do."--RS/Magazine"This is

the definitive reference book for any serious or professional UNIX systems programmer. Rago has updated

and extended the original Stevens classic while keeping true to the original."--Andrew Josey, Director,

Certification, The Open Group, and Chair of the POSIX 1003.1 Working GroupFor over a decade, 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, Stevens' colleague Stephen Rago has thoroughly updated this classic to reflect the latest

technical advances and add support for today's leading UNIX and Linux platforms.Rago carefully retains the

2.4.22 kernel; Solaris 9; and Darwin 7.4.0, the FreeBSD/Mach hybrid underlying Apple's Mac OS X 10.3.As

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in the first edition, you'll learn through example, including more than 10,000 lines of downloadable, ANSI C

source code. More than 400 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 fully updated for contemporary environments.Advanced

Programming in the UNIX® Environment has helped a generation of programmers write code with

exceptional power, performance, and reliability. Now updated for today's UNIX/Linux systems, this second

edition will be even more indispensable.

Advanced Programming in the UNIX&"3" class="v2"

height="18">By W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

...............................................

Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional

Pub Date: June 17, 2005

ISBN: 0201433079

Pages: 960

Table of Contents | Index

Programming

in

the

UNIX®

Environment,

Second

Edition

Praise

for

the

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Changes

from

the

First

Edition

Acknowledgments

Preface

Standards

Organization

of

the

Book

Examples

in

the

Text

Systems

Section

1.1.

Introduction

Section

1.2.

Section

1.4.

Files

and

Directories

Section

1.5.

Input

and

Output

1.7.

Error

Handling

Section

1.8.

User

Identification

Section

1.9.

Signals

Section

1.10.

Time

Values

Section

1.12.

Summary

Exercises

Chapter

2.

UNIX

Standardization

and

Implementations

Standardization

Section

2.3.

UNIX

System

Implementations

Section

2.4.

Relationship

of

Section

2.6.

Options

Section

2.7.

Feature

Test

Macros

Section

2.8.