The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook (Hardcover)

Preface Chapter 1: History and Standards Chapter 2: Fundamental Concepts Chapter 3: System Programming Concepts Chapter 4: File I/O: The Universal I/O Model Chapter 5: File I/O: Further Details Chapter 6: Processes Chapter 7: Memory Allocation Chapter 8: Users and Groups Chapter 9: Process Credentials Chapter 10: Time Chapter 11: System Limits and Options Chapter 12: System and Process Information Chapter 13: File I/O Buffering Chapter 14: File Systems Chapter 15: File Attributes Chapter 16: Extended Attributes Chapter 17: Access Control Lists Chapter 18: Directories and Links Chapter 19: Monitoring File Events Chapter 20: Signals: Fundamental Concepts Chapter 21: Signals: Signal Handlers Chapter 22: Signals: Advanced Features Chapter 23: Timers and Sleeping Chapter 24: Process Creation Chapter 25: Process Termination Chapter 26: Monitoring Child Processes Chapter 27: Program Execution Chapter 28: Process Creation and Program Execution in More Detail Chapter 29: Threads: Introduction Chapter 30: Threads: Thread Synchronization Chapter 31: Threads: Thread Safety and Per-Thread Storage Chapter 32: Threads: Thread Cancellation Chapter 33: Threads: Further Details Chapter 34: Process Groups, Sessions, and Job Control Chapter 35: Process Priorities and Scheduling Chapter 36: Process Resources Chapter 37: Daemons Chapter 38: Writing Secure Privileged Programs Chapter 39: Capabilities Chapter 40: Login Accounting Chapter 41: Fundamentals of Shared Libraries Chapter 42: Advanced Features of Shared Libraries Chapter 43: Interprocess Communication Overview Chapter 44: Pipes and FIFOs Chapter 45: Introduction to System V IPC Chapter 46: System V Message Queues Chapter 47: System V Semaphores Chapter 48: System V Shared Memory Chapter 49: Memory Mappings Chapter 50: Virtual Memory Operations Chapter 51: Introduction to POSIX IPC Chapter 52: POSIX Message Queues Chapter 53: POSIX Semaphores Chapter 54: POSIX Shared Memory Chapter 55: File Locking Chapter 56: Sockets: Introduction Chapter 57: Sockets: UNIX Domain Chapter 58: Sockets: Fundamentals of TCP/IP Networks Chapter 59: Sockets: Internet Domains Chapter 60: Sockets: Server Design Chapter 61: Sockets: Advanced Topics Chapter 62: Terminals Chapter 63: Alternative I/O Models Chapter 64: Pseudoterminals Appendix A: Tracing System Calls Appendix B: Parsing Command-Line Options Appendix C: Casting the NULL Pointer Appendix D: Kernel Configuration Appendix E: Further Sources of Information Appendix F: Solutions to Selected Exercises