| Title | : | Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment |
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| ISBN | : | 0201563177 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780201563177 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 768 |
| Publication | : | First published June 30, 1992 |
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment Reviews
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I gave this one 5* because it is an excellent reference for UNIX geeks and belongs in the standard IT cannon for us old farts that came up through the pre-Facebook Era of the 80s and 90s. Highly readable and with excellent examples. A classic.
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I had the pleasure in my lifetime to take a tutorial from Stevens at a USENIX conference before he passed. It was an experience I will never forget. All of his books capture his ability to transfer very complex information in a way that no one else can quite do for me. Just like you will always remember that teacher who really made your wheels turn, I will always be greatful to Richard Stevens for his contribution to UNIX and TCPIP networking.
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Possibly the best UNIX book I ever read and one of the best tech books ever. I don't know how I could have made it without it.
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Where are AIX, and HP/UX, among other majors?
This book is a fantastic starting point in life. Somehow our public schools overlook teaching the fundamental skills presented in this book. We learn how to play with toys on simple computers and never really learn what we are doing.
The real strength of this book is in the definitions. We get to see the purpose and flexibility of system calls and functions. Not just use them but understand them. UNIX functions as job control or signals are explained in detail. Let's take just one item "waitpid":
The waitpid function provides three features that aren't provided by the wait function.
You will have to read the book to find out what they are. However, there are examples also. Now for people with real systems like AIX all you have to do is add a "k" to the front of the call and you have the AIX kernel function call "kwaitpid"; voila you now have an understanding that cannot be found clearly in a Red Book.
It does help some to have a pre-understanding of the system so that you can use the book to fill in the education holes missed when necessary.
The index is worth its weight in gold as you can find functions, headers, and concepts all in alphabetical order. My favorite is the definitions.
As much as I am a fan of the internet it also pays to carry the information in the form of a book. And all this book has to do is save a couple of hours and it has paid for itself.
Each addition adds newer information at the expense of dropping what appears to be obsolete information; so, it would behoove you to obtain a copy of each addition and periodically look for the latest. -
+ Comprehensive, both in breadth, and in depth
- Dry
Compared to writers such as Kernighan, Pike and Ritchie, I find Stevens' style awfully boring. K, P and R, for example, bring in interesting problems (e.g. Markov chains) to solve with the tools they are going to introduce to us. Stevens, in contrast, sticks to just explaining functions, mechanism, etc.
Good reference, but boring. -
Probably the best book on any UNIX programming. It's good for novices, and everyone can learn something from the book. It doesn't contain some of the weird and new interfaces some of the OSes contain, but sticks to the standards and promotes a pretty good programming style and interface.
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Brutal to read, but I use this text on a regular basis.
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How I learned Unix programming. Great reference.
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Finally started reading this. Great book, wish I read it 4 years ago when it would have been more helpful. Much faster way to learn the gist of the commands than reading man pages.
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Get the second edition.
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Very approachable and readable, much bigger than most other things on my bookshelf, this book delivers a wonderful insight into the details of Unix architecture and programming.
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Read this around 1995-6 from front to back.
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Working through this book again... Nothing short of 5 starts would do for this one of a kind
book written by an Unix god. -
Excellent reference to modern POSIX API.
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Where are AIX, and HP/UX, among other majors?
This book is a fantastic starting point in life. Somehow our public schools overlook teaching the fundamental skills presented in this book. We learn how to play with toys on simple computers and never really learn what we are doing.
The real strength of this book is in the definitions. We get to see the purpose and flexibility of system calls and functions. Not just use them but understand them. UNIX functions as job control or signals are explained in detail. Let's take just one item "waitpid":
The waitpid function provides three features that aren't provided by the wait function.
You will have to read the book to find out what they are. However, there are examples also. Now for people with real systems like AIX all you have to do is add a "k" to the front of the call and you have the AIX kernel function call "kwaitpid"; voila you now have an understanding that cannot be found clearly in a Red Book.
It does help some to have a pre-understanding of the system so that you can use the book to fill in the education holes missed when necessary.
The index is worth its weight in gold as you can find functions, headers, and concepts all in alphabetical order. My favorite is the definitions.
As much as I am a fan of the internet it also pays to carry the information in the form of a book. And all this book has to do is save a couple of hours and it has paid for itself.
Each addition adds newer information at the expense of dropping what appears to be obsolete information; so, it would behoove you to obtain a copy of each addition and periodically look for the latest. -
Solid text.
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A good summary and guide to advanced programming in the Unix environment. Covers most of the major Unix APIs and shows you not only how to use the interfaces but how to use them properly and securely.
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niiiice!!!
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Biblical!
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i want to read this book entirely.
