Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: advanced unix programming | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 20 Jul 1999 17:45:19 +0200 |
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nathanh@chirp.com.au (Nathan Hand) writes:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 02:18:16PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > It already exists for general handle passing for file handles. > > > > > > Can you give me a pointer to that meachansim, and also how it's > > > handled in other Unix like operating systems ? > > > > Borrow a copy of Stevens advanced unix programming and look at file handle > > passing. Basically you can pass a file handle from one process to another > > over a socket. Its an interesting and sadly underused unix feature. > > Even sadder, there are many unix features which are underused and/or > abused. My personal peeves include infrequent use of mmap() and over > use of threads instead of processes. > > Stevens does an admirable job of documenting advanced programming in > unix, but his book reads like a reference. It's a poor book to learn > how to exploit the unix feature set.
It is also a poor book to learn advanced Linux Programming, but a good reference for lowest common subset real[1] Unix programming with strong BSD bias.
-Andi
[1] real: not MVS Unix Services or BS/2000.
-- This is like TV. I don't like TV.
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