Name: Advanced UNIX programming
ISBN: 9780131411548

Advanced UNIX programming

This book covers how to program UNIX clearly and systematically at the system call level while providing the seasoned programmer with practical advice for using I/O on files and terminals, multitasking, signals and system administration.

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emmelaichDec 2024

You might have a look the source for Advanced UNIX Programming by Marc Rochkind, too.

In the book it starts literally with a one-shot shell - exec - and moves onto fancier ones, including piping etc.

First version of source accompanying the book is at https://github.com/gmarler/AUPv2/blob/master/c5/sh0.c and does multiple commands.

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rramadassJul 2024

To your first three above, add Marc Rochkind's Advanced Unix Programming and Richard Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment and you have got yourself a complete course in C/Unix programming which is the bedrock for everything else; C is the "lingua franca" and Unix (via its variants) the "standard" OS.

Tip: Many of these old books can be had for cheap as used copies on Amazon/Betterworldbooks etc.

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ww520Apr 2023

It's talking about the user mode application development. The Linux system API doesn't change much. May be the newer stuff like io_uring appears recently.

I have the Advanced Unix Programming book. From looking at the copyright, it first started from 1985. It talks about programming on io/file/process/ipc/signal/device/terminal/security/permission/etc. It's still relevant today.

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alfiedotwtfJun 2021

> Now I wonder how I can get access to this type of information, how to properly learn it?

You've already got half the solution... "Advanced UNIX Programming" was the goto since it was written, and it has a tonne of industry knowledge e.g fork twice and close handles etc.

"The Linux Programming Interface" is kind of that book for the 21st century, and covers pretty much any topic you'll ever encounter on the systems end.

> Half of the stuff they wrote I didn't understand

Sounds like you bought the books but never read them... because it's all in there.

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rramadassJun 2021

"Systems Programming" from a Application Developer's pov involves knowledge of;

  * Low-level languages, compiler runtimes, toolchains and libraries.
  * OS system call apis. 
  * Concurrency. 
  * Networking.

You need books/papers which will teach and walk you through sample idioms and applications in the above domains. A prerequisite is fluency in the C language. With that in mind the following are recommended (some are old books which you can buy used and cheap wherever possible);

* Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Bryant and O'Hallaron.

* The C Companion by Allen Holub. A gem of an oldie.

* ELF: From the Programmer's Perspective; a paper by Hongjiu Lu.

* UNIX Network Programming by Richard Stevens. Initially, get the old 1st edition since it contains TCP/IP, IPC etc. all in one volume.

* Advanced UNIX Programming by Marc Rochkind.

* Advanced programming in the UNIX Environment by Richard Stevens.

* UNIX Systems Programming by Robbins and Robbins.

* Programming for the Real World, POSIX.4 by Bill Gallmeister.

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emmelaichFeb 2021

If you'd like to see Marc Rochkind's other stuff, go to https://basepath.com/new/books.php

I can particularly recommend Advanced UNIX Programming (2nd Edition) even though it is a little old.