By Donald Lewine
April 1991
Pages: 640
ISBN 10: 0-937175-73-0 |
ISBN 13: 9780937175736
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
Most UNIX systems today are POSIX compliant because the federal government requires it for its purchases. Given the manufacturer's documentation, however, it can be difficult to distinguish system-specific features from those features defined by POSIX. The POSIX Programmer's Guide, intended as an explanation of the POSIX standard and as a reference for the POSIX.1 programming library, helps you write more portable programs.
Full Description
- Introduction to POSIX.
- Basics of writing a POSIX-compliant program.
- Input/output facilities of the Standard C library.
- The file system as defined by POSIX.
- Operations of POSIX Input/Output system, pipes, and FIFOs.
- Creating and terminating processes and signals.
- Obtaining information about the environment.
- Communication line settings and a cu-like utility.
- POSIX and Standard C, including features and portability pitfalls.
- Internationalization.
- Complete list of library functions in alphabetic order.
- Complete list of data structures and their members.
- All error codes.
- Standard headers and the information that they define.
- Related publications.
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First Edition: April 1991
ISBN: 0-937175-73-0
Pages: 640
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 1 Reviews)
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Media reviews
"If you are an intermediate to advanced C programmer and are interested in having your programs compile first time on anything from a Sun to a VMS system to an MSDOS system, then this book must be thoroughly recommended." --Sun UK User, Summer 1992
"Posix Programmer's Guide belongs on the shelf of every Unix system programmer. Posix texts will be written, and Posix reference manuals will be produced, but it is rare to find such an interesting compromise between the two." --Ed Gordon, BDataSystems, IEEE Software Magazine
"For a beginning C programmer this is a fine all-in-one textbook and reference. It is also useful for seasoned programmers who want a guide to compatibility between systems." --Harry Skelton, CommUNIXations September 1991
"The explanations are bolstered by diagrams, tables, sample code, and end of chapter questions...[and] the best man-style pages I've ever seen. It covers all library functions in POSIX as well as ANSI C. Each function is listed alphabetically rather than hidden under some related function. Every function is also covered completely under its own heading, eliminating the need to look up certain aspects under a related function's heading." --Walter Zintz, Unix World
"I've found the POSIX Programmer's Guide to be priceless. I strongly recommend this book to anyone using C, whether they be UNIX programmers or not (but particularly if they are). It not only helps understand 'what is defined where and by which standard', but also helps programmers to 'Do the Right Thing' by clarifying what is POSIX conformant and what is historical baggage." --Jim Vlcek, uunet!molly!vlcek
