Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Name: Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
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ISBN: 9780201433074

ISBN-10: 0201433079

ISBN-13: 9780201433074

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen A. Rago, W. Richard Stevens

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Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment is a must-have volume describing and illustrating the programming interface to the Unix system. Author builds on the basic information presented in the first 15 chapters to provide chapter-length examples illustrating among other things how to develop a database library as well as a postscript print driver. The book progresses from basic topics such as file systems, directories, and signals to more advanced topics including interprocess communications, threads and multi-threaded programming. Extensive code examples in C combined with a clear writing style make the more difficult aspects of Unix programming easy to master. This invaluable…

Book details

List price: $79.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 6/17/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 960
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 2.50" tall
Weight: 4.642
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Preface to the First Edition



UNIX System Overview


Introduction


UNIX Architecture


Logging In


Files and Directories


Input and Output


Programs and Processes


Error Handling


User Identification


Signals


Time Values


System Calls and Library Functions


Summary



UNIX Standardization and Implementations


Introduction


UNIX Standardization


UNIX System Implementations


Relationship of Standards and Implementations


Limits


Options


Feature Test Macros


Primitive System Data Types


Conflicts Between Standards


Summary



File I/O


Introduction


File Descriptors


open Function


creat Function


closeFunction


lseek Function


read Function


write Function


I/O Efficiency


File Sharing


Atomic Operations