BOOKS: Advanced UNIX(TM) Programming; Systems Software Tools

[Pat Gallivan]

In article <672 at hou2a.UUCP> ijk at hou2a.UUCP (I.KINAL) writes:
>Has anyone any recommendations on either book (both published by Prentice
>Hall;
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>Advanced UNIX (TM) Programming by Marc J. Rochkind.  Here's comprehensive,
>practical advice on how and when to use - and not use system calls.  
>265 pp. $32.95.
>
Marc's book is excellent.  It is essentially an indepth discussion of system
calls. i.e. device and file I/O with a good discussion of semaphores. 

I would highly recommend it to anyone dealing with the Unix system internals.
The book is clear and concise with well developed examples.  Even the expert
will enjoy it as Marc adds comments and insight on some of the historical
imperatives for certain of the kernal's features.

A working knowledge of UNIX* and C is expected.

He is carrying the bible, though,  for AT&T* as the examples reference system
III to system 5 and Xenix 3.0.  For those with BSD or V7, the conversions are
not that difficult.

BTW: In the front of the book, the author offers the examples in "machine
readable form".  When I contacted him he indicated they were available but
at a price.  If I understood right, although he wasn't on any of the nets
he did correspond with Colorado University (boulder!) via e-mail.

* Yes it is trade-marked and copyrighted by TPC.

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>Systems Software Tools by Ted J. Biggerstaff.  This easy-to-follow, new
>guide gives you the latest details on the C language and compiler, 
>interrupt and communications hardware, terminal emulators, window 
>interfaces, multitasking window systems, and concurrency structures.
>250 pp. $28.95.
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  Sorry can't help you on this one.


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