Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment - (2nd Edition)

Author: (USA) Stevens / (USA) Rago / You Jin Yuan / Zhang Ya Ying / Qi Zheng Wei
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (2nd Edition)" Editor's Recommendation: Authoritative content, clear concepts, insightful explanations, an indispensable reference book for UNIX programmers of all levels. This book is the updated version of the renowned "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment," often hailed as the "Bible of UNIX Programming." Over the decade since the first edition's publication, the UNIX industry has undergone significant changes, especially in the standards affecting UNIX programming interfaces. While maintaining the style of the previous edition, this book has been revised and expanded based on the latest standards, reflecting new technological developments. In addition to covering topics such as UNIX files and directories, standard I/O libraries, system data files and information, process environments, process control, process relationships, signals, threads, thread control, daemons, various I/O, inter-process communication, network IPC, and pseudo-terminals, the book also includes multiple application examples, such as how to create database function libraries and how to communicate with network printers. Furthermore, it provides function prototypes and answers to some exercises in the appendices. Authoritative in content, clear in concepts, and insightful in explanation, this book is an indispensable reference for UNIX programmers of all levels.