UNIX Network Programming

W. Richard Stevens' UNIX Network Programming has long been the classic in its field. Now, Stevens has tripled the coverage of interprocess communications, giving the topic a volume of its own. Virtually very major application today uses IPC -- from spreadsheets to air traffic control systems. For UNIX programmers working with IPC, especially those using the Posix threads standard, this is the most comprehensive tutorial and reference available.KEY TOPICS: This volume is a complete rewrite and expansion of Chapters 3 and 18 from the 1990 edition of UNIX Network Programming. In additional to covering the three forms of System V IPC (message queues, semaphores and shared memory), Stevens systematically reviews the superior new POSIX functions that implement each form of IPX. POSIX functions for synchronization are also covered, including mutex locks, condition variables, and read-write locks. Stevens shows how these can be used to synchronize threads, processes, and access to shared memory.MARKET: For all UNIX programmers.