The Linux Programming Interface (TLPI) is the definitive guide to the Linux and UNIX programming interface—the interface employed by nearly every application that runs on a ...

Beginning Linux Programming, Fourth Edition continues its unique approach to teaching UNIX programming in a simple and structured way on the Linux platform. Through the use of ...

This book is about writing software that makes the most effective use of the system you're running on -- code that interfaces directly with the kernel and core system libraries ...

Master the Linux Tools That Will Make You a More Productive, Effective Programmer The Linux Programmer's Toolbox helps you tap into the vast collection of open source tools ...

The classic guide to UNIX® programming-completely updated! UNIX application programming requires a mastery of system-level services. Making sense of the many functions-more ...

While the BeOS is a fundamentally new operating system, under the hood it contains a lot of UNIX-like features, and aims to be largely POSIX compliant. This book explores the ...

For more than twenty years, serious C programmers have relied on one book for practical, in-depth knowledge of the programming interfaces that drive the UNIX and Linux kernels ...

This tutorial offers readers a thorough introduction to programming in Python 2.4, the portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines power with ...

Amy Carr is dying to visit her best friend Laura, who lives with her father, an archeologist at Midwest University. But when she arrives, she discovers that she's not the only ...