UNIX systems programming : communication, concurrency, and threads /
Kay A. Robbins, Steven Robbins.
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR, c2003.
- xvii, 893 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previously published under title: Practical UNIX programming / Kay Robbins. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 861-869) and indexes.
Part 1: Fundamentals -- Chapter 1: Technology's impact on programs -- Chapter 2: Programs, processes and threads -- Chapter 3: Processes in UNIX -- Chapter 4: UNIX I/O -- Chapter 5: Files and directories -- Chapter 6: UNIX special files -- Chapter 7: Project: the token ring -- Part 2: Asynchronous events -- Chapter 8: Signals -- Chapter 9: Times and timers -- Chapter 10: Project: virtual timers -- Chapter 11: Project: Cracking shells -- Part 3: Concurrency -- Chapter 12: POSIX threads -- Chapter 13: Thread synchronization -- Chapter 14: Critical sections and semaphores -- Chapter 15: POSIX IPC -- Chapter 16: Project: producer consumer synchronization -- Chapter 17: Project: the not too parallel virtual machine -- Part 4: Communication -- Chapter 18: Connection-oriented communication -- Chapter 19: Project: WWW redirection -- Chapter 20: Connectionless communication and multicast -- Chapter 21: Project: internet radio -- Chapter 22: Project: server performance.