UNIX Internals: A Practical Approach

By Steve Pate and Steve D. Pate

Book Overview

Based on the release of SCO UNIX, this is a practical guide to mastering UNIX intervals. It provides examples in C-Shell script and assembly language, a description of hardware dependent parts of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020187721X
• ISBN13: 9780201877212
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Really More Practical than Other Book

I can got kernel module and system call interface by some modifing examples. Though this book if for SCO Unixware, I could apply to my Solaris 2.x system and got wanting result.The text and example of this book are more practical than any other "Unix Internal ..." books to me.You can get real imformation about Unix kernel and test your understand. But, it may take some time if you test them at other Unix except SCO Unixware. I did.

A practical book for all programmers in Unix plaform

Here is a book that explains road map of what are going on inside Unix kernel. This book is a complement of more theorical Unix kernel, eg: Bach's The design of the Unix OS, et al.Unlike many other technical books, this one is entertaining to read. It also covers in depth in many points that many programmers overlook: eg. exit-handlers.There are many illustrative charts to simplify and help readers to learn faster.A good book, also the only one of its kind in Unix kernel.

Very good presentation of highly detailed concepts.

I have glanced through it many times in the bookstore and have again and again found so many of my answers in the book, well explained and summarized with all the diagrams. Concepts which have been quite difficult to gather from other places.For example, the part on STREAMS. Not many books are available in the market explaining the detailed concepts well enough (which include the STREAMS manual itself).