Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment 2nd Edition

"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 Group

The same trusted content from the Second Edition, now in paperback!

 

For 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 spirit and approach that made this book a classic. Building on Stevens' work, he begins with basic topics such as files, directories, and processes, carefully laying the groundwork for understanding more advanced techniques, such as signal handling and terminal I/O.

Substantial new material includes chapters on threads and multithreaded programming, using the socket interface to drive interprocess communication (IPC), and extensive coverage of the interfaces added to the latest version of the POSIX.1 standard. Nearly all examples have been tested on four of today's most widely used UNIX/Linux platforms: FreeBSD 5.2.1; the Linux 2.4.22 kernel; Solaris 9; and Darwin 7.4.0, the FreeBSD/Mach hybrid underlying Apple's Mac OS X 10.3.

As 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.

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W. Richard Stevens (deceased), is the acclaimed author of the the First Edition of Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment and the following classics: Unix Network Programming, Volume 1 and 2; TCP/IP Illustrated, Volumes 1-3. Stephen Rago is the author of Unix System V Network Programming(AW). Rago was one of the developers at Bell Labs of Unix System V, Release 4 and currently works as Software Manager in the File Systems Group at EMC.

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Foreword.

Preface.

Preface to the First Edition.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. File I/O.

    Introduction.

    File Descriptors.

    open Function.

    creat Function.

    closeFunction.

    lseek Function.

    read Function.

    write Function.

    I/O Efficiency.

    File Sharing.

    Atomic Operations.

    dup and dup2 Functions.

    sync, fsync, and fdatasync Functions.

    fcntl Function.

    ioctl Function.

    /dev/fd.

    Summary.

4. Files and Directories.

    Introduction.

    stat, fstat, and lstat Functions.

    File Types.

    Set-User-ID and Set-Group-ID.

    File Access Per missions.

    Ownership of New Files and Directories.

    access Function.

    umask Function.

    chmodand fchmod Functions.

    Sticky Bit.

    chown, fchown, and lchown Functions.

    File Size.

    File Truncation.

    File Systems.

    link, unlink, remove, and rename Functions.

    Symbolic Links.

    symlinkand readlink Functions.

    File Times.

    utime Function.

    mkdirand rmdir Functions.

    Reading Director ies.

    chdir, fchdir, and getcwd Functions.

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