Unix Systems Programming：Communication, Concurrency and Threads

Inanutshell,thisupdatedUNIXclassiccoverseverythingyou'lleverneedforthreads,TCP/IPandRPCprogramming-withreusablecodeexamplesthatexplainsyntaxalongtheway.RobbinsandRobbinsexplaintheessentialsofUNIXprogramming,concentratingoncommunication,concurrency,andmultithreadingtechniquesandwhy,when,andhowtousethem.TheyalsoshowhowtodesigncomplexsoftwaretogetthebestfromtheUNIXoperatingsystem.Usingshortcodesnippetstoillustratehowtousesystemcalls,theyalsoincludeanumberofhands-on"projects"thatveryquicklyhelpreadersexpandtheirskilllevels.Thebookincludeschaptersonfiles,signals,semaphores,POSIXthreads,client-servercommunication,andremoteprocedurecalls.Therearealsoshortexamples,workingcode,andsimplifiedlibrariesforuseinnetworkcommunicationapplicationsfeaturedthroughoutthebook.TheupdatedSecondEditionincludesall-newchaptersontheWebandmulticastandacompletelyrevisedandupdatedRPCchapter.