If you have some programming experience and are ready to venture into Linux programming, this updated edition of the bestselling entry-level book takes you there. The authors guide you step by step, using construction of a CD database application to give you hands-on experience as you progress from the basic to the complex. You'll start with fundamental concepts like writing Unix programs in C. You'll learn basic system calls, file I/O, interprocess communication, and shell programming. You'll become skilled with the toolkits and libraries for working with user interfaces. The book starts from the basics, explaining how to compile and run your first program. New to this edition are chapters on MySQL® access and administration; programming GNOME and KDE; and Linux standards for portable applications. Coverage of kernel programming, device drivers, CVS, grep, and GUI development environments has expanded. This book gives you practical knowledge for real world application.

• Chapter 1: Getting Started
• Chapter 2: Shell Programming
• Chapter 3: Working with Files
• Chapter 4: The Linux Environment
• Chapter 5: Terminais
• Chapter 6: Managing Text-Based Screens with curses
• Chapter 7: Data Management
• Chapter 8: MySQL
• Chapter 9: Development Tools
• Chapter 10: Debugging
• Chapter 11: Processes and Signais
• Chapter 12: POSIX Threads
• Chapter 13: Inter-Process Communication: Pipes
• Chapter 14: Sémaphores, Shared Memory, and Message Queues
• Chapter 15: Sockets
• Chapter 16: Programming GNOME Using GTK+
• Chapter 17: Programming KDE Using Qt
• Chapter 18: Device Drivers
• Chapter 19: Standards for Linux