Using C on the Unix System

by Dave Curry

"Using C on the UNIX System" provides a thorough introduction to the UNIX system call libraries. It is aimed at programmers who already know C, but who want to take full advantage of the UNIX programming environment. If you want to learn how to work with the operating system and to write programs that can interact with directories, terminals, and networks at the lowest level, you will find this book essential. It is impossible to write UNIX utilities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0937175234
• ISBN13: 9780937175231
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Old but still usable

I bought this book by my own in order to understand and go a little bit deep about system calls. And this book was what I was expecting. If you are a beginer C programmer and want to get into UNIX programming this book is for you. Even though the book is like 20 years old is was just perfect for me because I was just beginning with system calls and UNIX programming. And besides, C language is almost not changed within 20 years. So, source code samples run almost without modifications. Maybe some definitions and types might look weird but I you know the basics of C this should not be a problem for you.