Two alternative, and better, choices, if you're willing to spend a few dollars (and hopefully expense it to your manager):<p>The Linux Programming Interface:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Programming-Interface-System-Handbook/dp/1593272200/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Programming-Interface-System-Han...</a><p>Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Programming-UNIX-Environment-3rd/dp/0321637739/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Programming-UNIX-Environment-...</a><p>A not-too-distant third choice, Linux System Programming:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Programming-Talking-Directly/dp/1449339530/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Programming-Talking-Direc...</a>
I'd recommend this book instead 'The Linux Programming Interface' <a href="http://man7.org/tlpi/" rel="nofollow">http://man7.org/tlpi/</a> it's a lot more recent and the content is excellent, though it's not a free download. The author is also the maintainer of the linux man pages.
>> <a href="http://advancedlinuxprogramming.com/about.html" rel="nofollow">http://advancedlinuxprogramming.com/about.html</a><p>This appears to be the first edition of the book, published in 2001. Is this book still useful, considering it's 15 years old?
I am getting interested in Unix programming, but essentially starting from scratch. I've read through the first two chapters of the <i>The Linux Programming Interface,</i> and while I think it is a great book, so far it has not been easy for me to find points of entry. I think it might not be the best book for me to start with.<p>I've just started <i>How Linux Works,</i> but I thought I might take this opportunity to ask for suggestions for someone trying to get started (doesn't have to be a book).
This is a good write up for IPC related stuff - <a href="http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/output/html/singlepage/bgipc.html" rel="nofollow">http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/output/html/singlepage/bgipc.html</a>
why are all the chapters in separate pdf's? Is that unintentional or an enticement to buy the book when it comes out? If it's the former, anybody got a full pdf download link?