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Beginning Linux Programming, 4th Edition
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Beginning Linux Programming, 4th Edition

by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones
November 2007
Beginner
811 pages
20h 8m
English
Wrox
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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

About the Authors

Credits

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Who’s This Book For?

What’s Covered in the Book

What You Need to Use This Book

Source Code

Conventions

Errata

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

An Introduction to UNIX, Linux, and GNU

Programming Linux

Getting Help

Summary

Chapter 2: Shell Programming

Why Program with a Shell?

A Bit of Philosophy

What Is a Shell?

Pipes and Redirection

The Shell as a Programming Language

Shell Syntax

Going Graphical — The dialog Utility

Putting It All Together

Summary

Chapter 3: Working with Files

Linux File Structure

System Calls and Device Drivers

Library Functions

Low-Level File Access

The Standard I/O Library

Formatted Input and Output

File and Directory Maintenance

Scanning Directories

Errors

The /proc File System

Advanced Topics: fcntl and mmap

Summary

Chapter 4: The Linux Environment

Program Arguments

Environment Variables

Time and Date

Temporary Files

User Information

Host Information

Logging

Resources and Limits

Summary

Chapter 5: Terminals

Reading from and Writing to the Terminal

Talking to the Terminal

The Terminal Driver and the General Terminal Interface

The termios Structure

Terminal Output

Detecting Keystrokes

Summary

Chapter 6: Managing Text-Based Screens with curses

Compiling with curses

Curses Terminology and Concepts

The Screen

The Keyboard

Windows

Subwindows

The Keypad

Using Color

Pads

The CD Collection Application

Summary

Chapter 7: Data Management

Managing Memory ...

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