is there a site or an ebook that can help me with unix system programming?

thx in advance

-babis

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On 2004-10-21, Babis <bobsapNOSPAM@PLEASEgmail.com> wrote:
> is there a site or an ebook that can help me with unix system programming?

The way the question is formed, I believe http://docs.sun.com is a good
start.
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Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote:

> On 2004-10-21, Babis <bobsapNOSPAM@PLEASEgmail.com> wrote:
> 
>
>
> The way the question is formed, I believe http://docs.sun.com is a good
> start.

i need the book for the assignments of the laboratory of the 7th
semester course "operating systems" (Electrical and computer engineering
@ ntua)
you know what i mean... synadelfe 

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On 2004-10-21, Babis <bobsapNOSPAM@PLEASEgmail.com> wrote:
> i need the book for the assignments of the laboratory of the 7th
> semester course "operating systems" (Electrical and computer engineering
> @ ntua)
> you know what i mean... synadelfe 

You should ask at either ntua.ugrads or ntua.comp.linux

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Babis wrote:

> is there a site or an ebook that can help me with unix system programming?

Not a web site or an ebook, but I recommend Solaris Systems
Programming.  Naturally, I'm justa little bit biased because
I wrote it, but nearly all reviews I've seen of it are overwhelmingly
positive (e.g., www.cuddletech.com/articles/ssp_review).

You can read more info about it, including a complete sample
chapter, from www.rite-group.com/rich/ssp

HTH,

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published in August 2004.

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On 2004-10-21, Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Babis wrote:
> 
>
> Not a web site or an ebook, but I recommend Solaris Systems
> Programming.  Naturally, I'm justa little bit biased because
> I wrote it, but nearly all reviews I've seen of it are overwhelmingly
> positive (e.g., www.cuddletech.com/articles/ssp_review).

Rich,

Your book is a fine piece of work for someone who wants to learn!  The
difference is that he wants his (home)work done.  I've directed him to
the appropriate NTUA newsgroup where someone will explain the netiquette
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Babis wrote:

> is there a site or an ebook that can help me with unix system programming?
>
> thx in advance
>
> -babis

Pretty broad topic.  System vendors tend to have a lot of developer
info on line.  For example, docs.sun.com has a lot of documentation,
including guides as opposed to reference manuals.  IBM and HP have
similar sites.

Theres http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/programmer/faq/
and http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/socket/index.html
and http://www.faqs.org/docs/

HTH,

-- ced



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NimbleGen Systems Inc.

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Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote:

> Rich,
>
> Your book is a fine piece of work for someone who wants to learn!  The
> difference is that he wants his (home)work done.  I've directed him to
> the appropriate NTUA newsgroup where someone will explain the netiquette
> :-)

Maybe the title of my post is incorrect. I don't look for someone to get
my (home)work done. I just search for some reference(ebook or site) that
i will STUDY in order to do MYSELF my (home)work.

As you probably know yiorgos, when you take the course "operating
systems" at the national technical university of Athens, you don't get a
book, which can help you do the laboratory assignments(as far as i know,
mostly they have to do with unix system programming). So, you have to
look for it on your own.That's what i'm doing!

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On 2004-10-21, Babis <bobsapNOSPAM@PLEASEgmail.com> wrote:
> As you probably know yiorgos, when you take the course "operating
> systems" at the national technical university of Athens, you don't get a
> book, which can help you do the laboratory assignments(as far as i know,
> mostly they have to do with unix system programming). So, you have to
> look for it on your own.That's what i'm doing!

No I DO NOT KNOW because I have the same age as your Prof.  Which means
that I was unfortunate enough to study EMPIX[1] which (at the time) was
even less than a toy OS (and I happen to know the people who even wrote
EMPIX 2.0).

So, in fact if you are working on Solaris the best free resource is
really <URL:http://docs.sun.com/>.  OTOH, if you are working on Linux,
you should look at the relevant titles at <URL:http://www.ora.com/catalog/>.
The best books I have read on the subject (and keep in mind this was 10
years ago) were:

1. The Magic Garden Explained - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...414544?v=glance
2. Lion's Commentary on Unix 6th Edition - http://www.peer-to-peer.com/catalog...
rc/lions.html
3. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System - http://www.amazo
n.com/exec/...414544?v=glance

Keep in mind that #3 has been superseeded by:

4. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System - http://www.amaz
on.com/exec/...=glance&s=books

All these books can be found at the NTUA library.

-Yiorgos

[1] EMPIX was an effort for an educational Operating System that was
started in the 1980s at NTUA.  I think it really died at 1996.
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