The Linux Programming Interface (published in October 2010, No Starch Press, ISBN 978-1-59327-220-3) is a detailed guide and reference for Linux and UNIX system programming.
With 1552 pages, 115 diagrams, 88 tables, nearly 200 example programs, and over 200 exercises, TLPI is the most comprehensive description of Linux and UNIX system programming available. The author, Michael Kerrisk, is the maintainer of the Linux man-pages project, which documents the Linux kernel and glibc APIs. He has long been active in the documentation, testing, and design review of Linux kernel-userspace interfaces.
Purchasing
If you want to buy a copy of TLPI, look here.
Training courses
I teach Linux and UNIX System programming courses based on the content of TLPI. For more information, look here.
More information about TLPI
- Detailed description / Brief description
- Reviews
- Source code for the example programs
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Table of contents:
- Chapter list
- Detailed: with page numbers (PDF, 19 pages) or no page numbers (HTML)
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Downloadable samples from the book:
- Preface (PDF, 11 pages)
- Chapter 4: File I/O: The Universal I/O Model (PDF, 19 pages)
- Chapter 24: Process Creation (PDF, 18 pages)
- Chapter 52: POSIX Message Queues (PDF, 26 pages)
- Bibliography (PDF, 9 pages)
- Index (PDF, 60 pages)
- About the author
- Errata
- Translations
- Frequently asked questions
- Using TLPI as a university course text? Look here.
- Linux API changes since publication
- My blog (RSS feed, Atom feed) tells some of the story of publication of the book, including how I went about looking for a title and eventually got one, and how we went from some first ideas about a cover toward a finished result.
