| Description |
1 online resource (780 pages). |
| Series |
Programmer to programmer |
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Programmer to programmer.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Who's This Book For? -- What's Covered in the Book -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Source Code -- Conventions -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- 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 -- File Locking -- Databases -- The CD Application -- Summary -- Chapter 8: MySQL -- Installation -- MySQL Administration -- Accessing MySQL Data from C -- The CD Database Application -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Development Tools -- Problems of Multiple Source Files -- The make Command and Makefiles -- Source Code Control -- Writing a Manual Page -- Distributing Software -- RPM Packages -- Other Package Formats -- Development Environments -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Debugging -- Types of Errors -- General Debugging Techniques -- Debugging with gdb -- More Debugging Tools -- Assertions -- Memory Debugging -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Processes and Signals -- What Is a Process? -- Process Structure -- Starting New Processes -- Signals -- Summary -- Chapter 12: POSIX Threads -- What Is a Thread? -- Advantages and Drawbacks of Threads -- A First Threads Program -- Simultaneous Execution -- Synchronization -- Thread Attributes -- Canceling a Thread -- Threads in Abundance -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Inter-Process Communication: Pipes -- What Is a Pipe? -- Process Pipes -- Sending Output. |
| Summary |
Describes the concepts of programming with Linux, covering such topics as shell programming, file structure, managing memory, using MySQL, debugging, processes and signals, and GNOME. |
| Subject |
Linux.
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Linux. |
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Linux. |
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Linux |
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Linux. |
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
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Engineering & Applied Sciences. |
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Computer Science. |
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
| Added Author |
Stones, Richard.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Matthew, Neil. Beginning Linux programming. 4th ed. Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley Pub., ©2008 9780470147627 0470147628 (OCoLC)156819306 |
| ISBN |
9780470249130 (electronic bk.) |
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0470249137 (electronic bk.) |
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0470147628 (Paper) |
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9780470147627 (Paper) |
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9786611100438 |
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6611100431 |
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