Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Description

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 a Advanced Programming in the UNIX« Environment . Now, once again, Rich as colleague Steve Rago has thoroughly updated this classic work. The new third edition supports today as leading platforms, reflects new technical advances and best practices, and aligns with Version 4 of the Single UNIX Specification. Steve carefully retainsthe spirit and approach that have made this book so valuable. Building on Rich as 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 interface