Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library

Love, Robert

ISBN 10: 0596009585 / ISBN 13: 9780596009588

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596009585
• ISBN 13: 9780596009588
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Provides information on writing system software for Linux, covering such topics as reading from and writing to files, memory management, and signals, and process management.

About the Author

Robert Love has been a Linux user and hacker since the early days. Heis active in, and passionate about, both the Linux kernel and GNOMEdesktop communities. His recent contributions to the Linux kernelinclude work on the kernel event layer and inotify. GNOME-relatedcontributions include Beagle, GNOME Volume Manager, NetworkManager,and Project Utopia. Currently Robert works in the Open Source ProgramOffice at Google.

As an author, Robert is responsible for Linux Kernel Development(SAMS), now in its second edition, and Linux System Programming(O'Reilly). He is also a coauthor of the fifth edition of O'Reilly'sLinux in a Nutshell. He's a Contributing Editor for Linux Journal, haswritten numerous articles, and has been invited to speak around theworld on Linux.

Robert graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. inMathematics and a B.S. in Computer Science. Hailing from SouthFlorida, he currently calls Boston home.