The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook is a book written by Michael Kerrisk, which documents the APIs of the Linux kernel and the GNU C Library (glibc).

Book The book covers topics related to the Linux operating system and operating systems in general. It chronicles the history of Unix and how it led to the creation of Linux. The book provides samples of code written in C, and learning exercises at the end of chapters. The author is a former writer for the Linux Weekly News and the a maintainer for the Linux man pages project since 2004.

The Linux Programming Interface has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Korean.

See also

Linux kernel interfaces

References

External links The Linux Programming Interface at the publisher's (No Starch Press) Website The Linux Programming Interface Description at Kerrisk's Website The Linux Programming Interface Traditional Chinese Translation