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Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment, Third Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

May 2013

Intermediate to advanced

1024 pages

34h 32m

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IntroductionChanges from the Second EditionAcknowledgments
IntroductionChanges from the First EditionAcknowledgments

IntroductionUnix StandardsOrganization of the BookExamples in the TextSystems Used to Test the ExamplesAcknowledgments
1.1. Introduction1.2. UNIX Architecture1.3. Logging In1.4. Files and Directories1.5. Input and Output1.6. Programs and Processes1.7. Error Handling1.8. User Identification1.9. Signals1.10. Time Values1.11. System Calls and Library Functions1.12. SummaryExercises
2.1. Introduction2.2. UNIX Standardization2.3. UNIX System Implementations2.4. Relationship of Standards and Implementations2.5. Limits2.6. Options2.7. Feature Test Macros2.8. Primitive System Data Types2.9. Differences Between Standards2.10. SummaryExercises
3.1. Introduction3.2. File Descriptors3.3. open and openat Functions3.4. creat Function3.5. close Function3.6. lseek Function3.7. read Function3.8. write Function3.9. I/O Efficiency3.10. File Sharing3.11. Atomic Operations3.12. dup and dup2 Functions3.13. sync, fsync, and fdatasync Functions3.14. fcntl Function3.15. ioctl Function3.16. /dev/fd3.17. SummaryExercises
4.1. Introduction4.2. stat, fstat, fstatat, and lstat Functions4.3. File Types4.4. Set-User-ID and Set-Group-ID4.5. File Access Permissions4.6. Ownership of New Files and Directories4.7. access and faccessat Functions4.8. umask Function4.9. chmod, fchmod, and fchmodat Functions4.10. Sticky Bit4.11. chown, fchown, fchownat, and lchown Functions4.12. File Size4.13. File Truncation4.14. File Systems4.15. link, linkat, unlink, unlinkat, and remove Functions4.16. rename and renameat Functions4.17. Symbolic Links4.18. Creating and Reading Symbolic Links4.19. File Times4.20. futimens, utimensat, and utimes Functions4.21. mkdir, mkdirat, and rmdir Functions4.22. Reading Directories4.23. chdir, fchdir, and getcwd Functions4.24. Device Special Files4.25. Summary of File Access Permission Bits4.26. SummaryExercises
5.1. Introduction5.2. Streams and FILE Objects5.3. Standard Input, Standard Output, and Standard Error5.4. Buffering5.5. Opening a Stream5.6. Reading and Writing a Stream5.7. Line-at-a-Time I/O5.8. Standard I/O Efficiency5.9. Binary I/O5.10. Positioning a Stream5.11. Formatted I/O5.12. Implementation Details5.13. Temporary Files5.14. Memory Streams5.15. Alternatives to Standard I/O5.16. SummaryExercises
6.1. Introduction6.2. Password File6.3. Shadow Passwords6.4. Group File6.5. Supplementary Group IDs6.6. Implementation Differences6.7. Other Data Files6.8. Login Accounting6.9. System Identification6.10. Time and Date Routines6.11. SummaryExercises
7.1. Introduction7.2. main Function7.3. Process Termination7.4. Command-Line Arguments7.5. Environment List7.6. Memory Layout of a C Program7.7. Shared Libraries7.8. Memory Allocation7.9. Environment Variables7.10. setjmp and longjmp Functions7.11. getrlimit and setrlimit Functions7.12. SummaryExercises
8.1. Introduction8.2. Process Identifiers8.3. fork Function8.4. vfork Function8.5. exit Functions8.6. wait and waitpid Functions8.7. waitid Function8.8. wait3 and wait4 Functions8.9. Race Conditions8.10. exec Functions8.11. Changing User IDs and Group IDs8.12. Interpreter Files8.13. system Function8.14. Process Accounting8.15. User Identification8.16. Process Scheduling8.17. Process Times8.18. SummaryExercises
9.1. Introduction9.2. Terminal Logins9.3. Network Logins9.4. Process Groups9.5. Sessions9.6. Controlling Terminal9.7. tcgetpgrp, tcsetpgrp, and tcgetsid Functions9.8. Job Control9.9. Shell Execution of Programs9.10. Orphaned Process Groups9.11. FreeBSD Implementation9.12. SummaryExercises
10.1. Introduction10.2. Signal Concepts10.3. signal Function10.4. Unreliable Signals10.5. Interrupted System Calls10.6. Reentrant Functions10.7. SIGCLD Semantics10.8. Reliable-Signal Terminology and Semantics10.9. kill and raise Functions10.10. alarm and pause Functions10.11. Signal Sets10.12. sigprocmask Function10.13. sigpending Function10.14. sigaction Function10.15. sigsetjmp and siglongjmp Functions10.16. sigsuspend Function10.17. abort Function10.18. system Function10.19. sleep, nanosleep, and clock_nanosleep Functions10.20. sigqueue Function10.21. Job-Control Signals10.22. Signal Names and Numbers10.23. SummaryExercises
11.1. Introduction11.2. Thread Concepts11.3. Thread Identification11.4. Thread Creation11.5. Thread Termination11.6. Thread Synchronization11.7. SummaryExercises
12.1. Introduction12.2. Thread Limits12.3. Thread Attributes12.4. Synchronization Attributes12.5. Reentrancy12.6. Thread-Specific Data12.7. Cancel Options12.8. Threads and Signals12.9. Threads and fork12.10. Threads and I/O12.11. SummaryExercises
13.1. Introduction13.2. Daemon Characteristics13.3. Coding Rules13.4. Error Logging13.5. Single-Instance Daemons13.6. Daemon Conventions13.7. Client–Server Model13.8. SummaryExercises
14.1. Introduction14.2. Nonblocking I/O14.3. Record Locking14.4. I/O Multiplexing14.5. Asynchronous I/O14.6. readv and writev Functions14.7. readn and writen Functions14.8. Memory-Mapped I/O14.9. SummaryExercises
15.1. Introduction15.2. Pipes15.3. popen and pclose Functions15.4. Coprocesses15.5. FIFOs15.6. XSI IPC15.7. Message Queues15.8. Semaphores15.9. Shared Memory15.10. POSIX Semaphores15.11. Client–Server Properties15.12. SummaryExercises
16.1. Introduction16.2. Socket Descriptors16.3. Addressing16.4. Connection Establishment16.5. Data Transfer16.6. Socket Options16.7. Out-of-Band Data16.8. Nonblocking and Asynchronous I/O16.9. SummaryExercises
17.1. Introduction17.2. UNIX Domain Sockets17.3. Unique Connections17.4. Passing File Descriptors17.5. An Open Server, Version 117.6. An Open Server, Version 217.7. SummaryExercises
18.1. Introduction18.2. Overview18.3. Special Input Characters18.4. Getting and Setting Terminal Attributes18.5. Terminal Option Flags18.6. stty Command18.7. Baud Rate Functions18.8. Line Control Functions18.9. Terminal Identification18.10. Canonical Mode18.11. Noncanonical Mode18.12. Terminal Window Size18.13. termcap, terminfo, and curses18.14. SummaryExercises
19.1. Introduction19.2. Overview19.3. Opening Pseudo-Terminal Devices19.4. pty_fork Function19.5. pty Program19.6. Using the pty Program19.7. Advanced Features19.8. SummaryExercises
20.1. Introduction20.2. History20.3. The Library20.4. Implementation Overview20.5. Centralized or Decentralized?20.6. Concurrency20.7. Building the Library20.8. Source Code20.9. Performance20.10. SummaryExercises
21.1. Introduction21.2. The Internet Printing Protocol21.3. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol21.4. Printer Spooling21.5. Source Code21.6. SummaryExercises
B.1. Our Header FileB.2. Standard Error Routines
Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21

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