Overview

This edition of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment supports today’s leading platforms, reflects new technical advances and best practices, and aligns with Version 4 of the Single UNIX Specification. This valuable tool begins with files, directories, and processes, carefully laying the groundwork for more advanced techniques, such as signal handling and terminal I/O then 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. 

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Author:   W. Stevens ,  Stephen Rago ,  Stephen Rago
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 19.40cm , Length: 5.60cm
Weight:   2.100kg
ISBN:  

9780321637734

ISBN 10:   0321637739
Pages:   1032
Publication Date:   30 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: UNIX System Overview Chapter 2: UNIX Standardization and Implementations Chapter 3: File I/O Chapter 4: Files and Directories Chapter 5: Standard I/O Library Chapter 6: System Data Files and Information   Chapter 7: Process Environment Chapter 8: Process Control Chapter 9: Process Relationships Chapter 10: Signals Chapter 11: Threads Chapter 12: Thread Control Chapter 13: Daemon Processes Chapter 14: Advanced I/O Chapter 15: Interprocess Communication Chapter 16: Network IPC: Sockets Chapter 17: Advanced IPC Chapter 18: Terminal I/O Chapter 19: Pseudo Terminals Chapter 20: A Database Library Chapter 21: Communicating with a Network Printer Appendix A: Function Prototypes Appendix B: Miscellaneous Source Code Appendix C: Solutions to Selected Exercises

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The late W. Richard Stevens was the acclaimed author of UNIX® Network Programming, Volumes 1 and 2, widely recognized as the classic texts in UNIX networking; TCP/IP Illustrated, Volumes 1-3; and the first edition of this book.   Stephen A. Rago is the author of UNIX® System V Network Programming (Addison-Wesley, 1993). Rago was one of the Bell Laboratories developers who built UNIX System V Release 4. He served as a technical reviewer for the first edition of Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment. Rago currently works as a research staff member in the Storage Systems Group at NEC Laboratories America.

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