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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Addison Wesley Professional
ISBN-10
0321637739
ISBN-13
9780321637734
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143576602
Product Key Features
Author
Stephen Rago, w. Stevens
Publication Name
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Ser.
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
1032 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
2.5in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
59.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qa76.76.O63s754 2013
Edition Number
3
Copyright Date
2013
Topic
Operating Systems / Unix, Operating Systems / General