> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 14:50:04 +0200 > From: Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> > > > Hi, > > On DNG I was suggested a book or two about unix. The aim was to read > about how processes are handled by the OS and what is important to > understand to properly write code for unix. However, when I checked > the prices I was let down: they are too expensive for me considering I > am coding on a voluntary basis. A free book about the innards of unix > and Linux, especially how processes are managed would be a highly > interesting reading for me. I don't know whether there are free ebooks > I can read and am afraid of vandalized ebooks that instead of giving > fact they give misconceptions. > > The question is, can I read some *reliable* free ebook to enhance my > knowledge of both Unix OSs and C? > > Edward > > > ------------------------------ > > From: k...@aspodata.se > > ... > > The question is, can I read some *reliable* free ebook to enhance my > > knowledge of both Unix OSs and C? > > Doing a quick search I find: > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming > http://www.computer-books.us/c.php > http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html > http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/ > > Why not buy a used book: > http://www.zvab.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=stevens&sts=t&tn=Unix > https://www.ilab.org/search.php?headerAlltext=stevens+unix&search=Search > > Other things that might or not help: > http://www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/cbook.html > http://c-faq.com/ > http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html > http://www.quut.com/c/c-www/ > https://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html > http://wiki.musl-libc.org/wiki/Alternative_libraries > > Books I like: > Stevens / Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment / Addison-Wesley > Harbinson Steele / C a reference manual / Prentice Hall > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unix_Programming_Environment > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language_%28book%29 > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 18:18:25 +0100 > From: KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> > > > > > > The question is, can I read some *reliable* free ebook to enhance my > > knowledge of both Unix OSs and C? > > > > My humble impression is that you need just 4 things: > > - "The C programming language" (Kernighan & Ritchie), > > - "C in a nutshell" (Prinz & Crawford), > > - "The Unix programming environment" (Ritchie & Pike N.B.: *not the > one by Burgess*, which is a nice book but not even close to the > original UPE), > > - "Advanced programming in the Unix environment" (Stevens & Rago). > > > I wouldn't look for anything else, because there is nothing more > accurate, precise, profund, clearly written, and to the point of these > books for whoever wants to start serious programming under unix, IMHO. > > And remember: good things happen to those who can read(2) between the > lines, to those who can open(2) a browser and lseek(2) appropriately, > to those who can send(2) an email, and to those who can wait(2)... ;) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Edward,
Does your local Library have any of these books? This way you can look/read them before even considering trying to buy one of them. Vernon
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