Linux System Programming
by Robert Love · first published 2007
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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, including the shell, text editor, compiler, debugger, core utilities, and system daemons. The majority of both Unix and Linux code is still written at the system level, and Linux System Programming focuses on everything above the kernel, where applications such as Apache, bash, cp, vim, Emacs, gcc, gdb, glibc, ls, mv, and X exist.Written primarily for engineers looking to program (better) at the low level, this book is
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…Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective[1]. For OS theory, our OS/advanced OS textbooks are fine, but for actual implementation my coworkers recommended The Design of the UNIX Operating System[2], Linux System Programming[3], and Understanding the Linux Kernel[4]. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Systems-Programmers-Randal-Br... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Design-Operating-System-Prentice-Softw... [3] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009588/…
on “Roll Your Own UNIX Clone” ↗…http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Programming-Interface-System-Han... Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment: http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Programming-UNIX-Environment-... A not-too-distant third choice, Linux System Programming: http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Programming-Talking-Direc...
on “Advanced Linux Programming – book with free PDF (2001)” ↗…systems, but none are probably closer to Linux than older MINIX versions). Here's some Linux kernel specific stuff: http://tldp.org/LDP/tlk/tlk.html http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Programming-Talking-Direc... The first two have some age on them, but are still relatively reflective of the overall architecture of Linux, even if a lot of detail has changed. Anyway, these three are of reasonable…
on “The Architecture of Open Source Applications” ↗…depends. For technical books, yes. For fiction books, I always read it cover-to-cover (skipping the forewords). But there's one exception: I've read both books by Robert Love (Linux Kernel Development and Linux System Programming) from cover to cover.
on “Ask HN: Do hackers (you) read books cover to cover?” ↗Hi everyone, I have just made available this series of books. A complete reference about Linux System Programming. Any feedback is welcome. 1. Linux System Programming: Mastering File I/O 2. Linux System Programming: Mastering the Filesystem 3. Linux System Programming: Mastering the Linux Runtime Environment…