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Advanced Linux Programming is intended for the programmer already familiar with the C programming language. Authors Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham, and Mark Mitchell of CodeSourcery, LLC take a tutorial approach and teach the most important concepts and power features of the GNU/Linux system in application programs.
If you're a developer already experienced with programming for the GNU/Linux system, are experienced with another UNIX-like system and are interested in developing GNU/Linux software, or want to make the transition for a non-UNIX environment and are already familiar with the general principles of writing good software, this book is for you. In addition, you will find that this book is equally applicable to C and C++ programming. Even those progamming in other languages will find this book useful since the C language APIs and conventions are the lingua franca of GNU/Linux.
This book is intended for three types of readers:
You might be a developer already experienced with programming for the GNU/Linux system, and you want to learn about some of its advanced features and capabilities.You might be interested in writing more sophisticated programs with features such as multiprocessing, multithreading, interprocess communication, and interaction with hardware devices.You might want to improve your programs by making them run faster, more reliably, and more securely, or by designing them to interact better with the rest of the GNU/Linux system.
You might be a developer experienced with another UNIX-like system who’s interested in developing GNU/Linux software, too.You might already be familiar with standard APIs such as those in the POSIX specification. To develop GNU/Linux software, you need to know the peculiarities of the system, its limitations, additional capabilities, and conventions.
You might be a developer making the transition from a non-UNIX environment, such as Microsoft’s Win32 platform.You might already be familiar with the general principles of writing good software, but you need to know the specific techniques that GNU/Linux programs use to interact with the system and with each other. And you want to make sure your programs fit naturally into the GNU/Linux system and behave as users expect them to.
This book is not intended to be a comprehensive guide or reference to all aspects of GNU/Linux programming. Instead, we’ll take a tutorial approach, introducing the most important concepts and techniques, and giving examples of how to use them. Section 1.5,“Finding More Information,” in Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” contains references to additional documentation, where you can obtain complete details about these and other aspects of GNU/Linux programming.
Advanced Linux Programming is intended for the programmer already familiar with the C programming language. Authors Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham, and Mark Mitchell of CodeSourcery, LLC take a tutorial approach and teach the most important concepts and power features of the GNU/Linux system in application programs.
If you're a developer already experienced with programming for the GNU/Linux system, are experienced with another UNIX-like system and are interested in developing GNU/Linux software, or want to make the transition for a non-UNIX environment and are already familiar with the general principles of writing good software, this book is for you. In addition, you will find that this book is equally applicable to C and C++ programming. Even those progamming in other languages will find this book useful since the C language APIs and conventions are the lingua franca of GNU/Linux.
This book is intended for three types of readers:
You might be a developer already experienced with programming for the GNU/Linux system, and you want to learn about some of its advanced features and capabilities.You might be interested in writing more sophisticated programs with features such as multiprocessing, multithreading, interprocess communication, and interaction with hardware devices.You might want to improve your programs by making them run faster, more reliably, and more securely, or by designing them to interact better with the rest of the GNU/Linux system.
You might be a developer experienced with another UNIX-like system who’s interested in developing GNU/Linux software, too.You might already be familiar with standard APIs such as those in the POSIX specification. To develop GNU/Linux software, you need to know the peculiarities of the system, its limitations, additional capabilities, and conventions.
You might be a developer making the transition from a non-UNIX environment, such as Microsoft’s Win32 platform.You might already be familiar with the general principles of writing good software, but you need to know the specific techniques that GNU/Linux programs use to interact with the system and with each other. And you want to make sure your programs fit naturally into the GNU/Linux system and behave as users expect them to.
This book is not intended to be a comprehensive guide or reference to all aspects of GNU/Linux programming. Instead, we’ll take a tutorial approach, introducing the most important concepts and techniques, and giving examples of how to use them. Section 1.5,“Finding More Information,” in Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” contains references to additional documentation, where you can obtain complete details about these and other aspects of GNU/Linux programming.