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Linux is the world's most popular open source operating system (OS). Linux System Programming Techniques will enable you to extend the Linux OS with your own system programs and communicate with other programs on the system. The book begins by exploring the Linux filesystem, its basic commands, built-in manual pages, the GNU compiler collection (GCC), and Linux system calls. You'll then discover how to handle errors in your programs and will learn to catch errors and print relevant information about them. The book takes you through multiple recipes on how to read and write files on the system, using both streams and file descriptors. As you advance, you'll delve into forking, creating zombie processes, and daemons, along with recipes on how to handle daemons using systemd. After this, you'll find out how to create shared libraries and start exploring different types of interprocess communication (IPC). In the later chapters, recipes on how to write programs using POSIX threads and how to debug your programs using the GNU debugger (GDB) and Valgrind will also be covered. By the end of this Linux book, you will be able to develop your own system programs for Linux, including daemons, tools, clients, and filters.

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Discover how to write programs for the Linux system using a wide variety of system calls

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Understand and use key concepts such as signals, pipes, IPC, and process management

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Ramon Fried Jun 13, 2021

Full disclosure: I was the technical reviewer for the book.This is an excellent book for beginners and intermediate developers who would like to extend their knowledge in system programming.It gives practical examples and recipes around the most important concepts of system development: Working with files, manipulating streams, dealing with errors, etc.

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Amazon Customer May 25, 2021

I was always very fond of Linux and Jack-Benny has done an excellent job in writing this book. It is a very in-depth resource for anyone who is interested in Linux system programming techniques.

Donald A. Tevault May 24, 2021

This is a nicely written book that can be enjoyed by both beginner and advanced C programmers. It starts out by explaining the basics of installing and using C programming tools on a Linux system, and goes all the way through to more advanced topics like creating your own system daemons. Instead of bogging you down with long treatises about programming theory, the author demonstrates everything with working program code, and then explains what's going on with it. The explanations are clear, concise, and easy-to-read. If you want to get into C programming for Linux systems, you won't go wrong by picking up a copy of this book.Full disclosure: I'm a fellow author for Packt Publishing.

Frank Vasquez Jun 08, 2021

I like this book. Instead of trying to teach you C from first principles, the first chapter jumps right into showing you how to write a program that parses command line options. The examples in subsequent chapters are equally pragmatic. The author explains pipes and redirection early on so that newcomers can begin connecting small programs together from command line from the get go. Topics quickly become more advanced with step-by-step guides on how to link with shared libraries and write your own Makefiles. The author teaches us about daemons and shows us how to convert our own daemons into systemd services. Most of the subjects you would expect from a book on Linux system programming are covered in great depth including file I/O, forking and pthreads. The only major omission is TCP/IP sockets but that subject warrants it's own entire book. If you're looking to make the leap from a Linux user or admin to systems developer then this book is a great first step.Full disclosure: I'm a fellow author for Packt Publishing.

AmazonPrimeCustomer Feb 02, 2023

Overall I enjoyed reading this book which took about 5 days to finish (including time to hand write all the example recipes). I've been programming in C for a good number of years (from the kernel side as well as system call libraries) and still found I learned a thing or two from this text. The recipes are clear and concise with easy to understand instructions. There were only a few places where I encountered a minor error (i.e., a missing #include <stdlib.h> for a function call to use perror() used in a recipe from one of the later chapters is one example). Any issues encountered can easily be solved by looking up the missing #include <xxxxx.h> by searching "man X <func name>". Readers can also do a little extra learning by extending these recipes to include additional error checks around some of the function call returns (the author tells you where to look at the end of each recipe/sample program to look in the man pages for more info). I completely understand the author not doing this as part of the examples as it can muddy the subject matter, but it's still a good exercise for the reader who might be new to coding C and need to impress a potential employer.To reiterate, whether you're new to C programming or a mid-career level engineer, this book has something to offer you (even if its just a refresher for things forgotten). I have no regrets about purchasing this book and would like to thank the author for taking the time to provide it. Books like this fill a gap where there are very few "recent" C programming language books on the subject; it seem everyone wants to write books that follow the learning path of high-level languages even though they're millions of lines of code written in C libraries that will need to be maintained well into the future.

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