POSIX Programmers Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0937175730 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Guide for the Newbie, Reference for the Pro Elderbear After 10 years of developing real-time software for DOS and embedded systems, I needed to develop software for the real-time O/S, QNX, a POSIX compliant O/S. Unlike DOS, QNX is a real operating system which demands a different programming paradigm. Without Lewine's book, I'm not certain I could have made the shift.This book may be too complicated for somebody unfamiliar with C programming. But, if you know the language, it provides all the basics to successfully create software on a. "Guide for the Newbie, Reference for the Pro" according to Elderbear. After 10 years of developing real-time software for DOS and embedded systems, I needed to develop software for the real-time O/S, QNX, a POSIX compliant O/S. Unlike DOS, QNX is a real operating system which demands a different programming paradigm. Without Lewine's book, I'm not certain I could have made the shift.This book may be too complicated for somebody unfamiliar with C programming. But, if you know the language, it provides all the basics to successfully create software on a. Readable, informative, and well organized BMishler When I bought this book I never realized how handy it would be. Reading it from cover to cover is a pleasure but it's also very easy to use as a reference -- I've never spent more than a minute trying to find whatever I need. This book has saved me uncountable hours both while debugging software and while porting to various platforms.
Complete list of data structures and their members. Complete list of library functions in alphabetic order. Internationalization. Operations of POSIX Input/Output system, pipes, and FIFOs. The POSIX Programmer's Guide is especially helpful if you are writing programs that must run on multiple UNIX platforms. Contents include: Introduction to POSIX. Input/output facilities of the Standard C library. Standard headers and the information that they define. From the Publisher This 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. POSIX and Standard C, including features and portability pitfalls. Obtaining information about the environment. Creating and terminating processes and signals. Communication line settings and a cu-like utility. The file system as defined by POSIX. . This guide also helps you convert existing UNIX programs for POSIX comp
Lewine has been with Data General Corporation, currently as Director of Engineering. He is a founder and a member of the Board of Directors of 88open, a member of the Board of Directors of UNIX International, and Data General's representative to the Open Software Foundation. . Lewine spent 13 years with the Digital Equipment Corporation developing operating systems and central processing units. For the past seven years, Mr. In this role he has been developing the AViiON family of
The POSIX Programmer's Guide is especially helpful if you are writing programs that must run on multiple UNIX platforms. Even OSF and UI agree on support for POSIX.Unfortunately, given the manufacturer's documentation, it can be difficult to distinguish system-specific features from those features defined by POSIX. Most UNIX systems today are POSIX compliant because the federal government requires it for its purchases. This guide, intended as an explanation of the POSIX standard and as a r