The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook is a book written by Michael Kerrisk, which documents the APIs of the Linux kernel and the GNU C Library (glibc).
Book
The book covers topics related to the Linux operating system and operating systems in general. It chronicles the history of Unix and how it led to the creation of Linux. The book provides samples of code written in C, and learning exercises at the end of chapters. The author is a former writer for the Linux Weekly News[1] and the a maintainer for the Linux man pages project since 2004.[2]
The Linux Programming Interface has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Korean.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Kerrisk, Michael (May 2013). "A goodbye note from Michael Kerrisk". lwn.net. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ "Maintaining Linux man-pages". kernel.org. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
- ↑ "Translations of 'The Linux Programming Interface'". man7.org. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
External links
- The Linux Programming Interface at the publisher's (No Starch Press) Website
- The Linux Programming Interface Description at Kerrisk's Website
- The Linux Programming Interface Traditional Chinese Translation
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