The Linux programming interface : a Linux and UNIX system programming handbook / Michael Kerrisk.

Incluye bibliografía (p. [1437]-1445).

History and standards -- Fundamental concepts -- System programming concepts -- File I/O : the universal I/O model -- File I/O : further details -- Processes -- Memory allocation -- Users and groups -- Process credentials -- Time -- System limits and options -- System and process information -- File I/O buffering -- File systems -- File attributes -- Extended attributes -- Access control lists -- Directories and links -- Monitoring file events -- Signals : fundamental concepts -- Signals : signal handlers -- Signals : advanced features -- Timers and sleeping -- Process creation -- Process termination -- Monitoring child processes -- Program execution -- Process creation and program execution in more detail -- Threads : introduction -- Threads : thread synchronization -- Threads : thread safety and per-thread storage -- Threads : thread cancellation -- Threads : further details -- Process groups, sessions, and job control -- Process priorities and scheduling -- Process resources -- Daemons -- Writing secure privileged programs -- Capabilities -- Login accounting -- Fundamentals of shared libraries -- Advanced features of shared libraries -- Interprocess communication overview -- Pipes and FIFOs -- Introduction to System V IPC -- System V message queues -- System V semaphores -- System V shared memory -- Memory mappings -- Virtual memory operations -- Introduction to POSIX IPC -- POSIX message queues -- POSIX semaphores -- POSIX shared memory -- File locking -- Sockets : introduction -- Sockets : UNIX domain -- Sockets : fundamentals of TCP/IP networks -- Sockets : Internet domains -- Sockets : server design -- Sockets : advanced topics -- Terminals -- Alternative I/O models -- Pseudoterminals -- Appendixes. Tracing system calls -- Parsing command-line options -- Casting the NULL pointer -- Kernel configuration -- Further sources of information -- Solutions to selected exercises.