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| Author | Michael Kerrisk |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Learning |
| Subject | covers currentUNIX® standards (POSIX.1-2001 /SUSv3 and POSIX.1-2008 /SUSv4 ) |
| Published | 2010 (No Starch Press) |
| Pages | 1512 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59327-220-3 |
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook is a book written byMichael Kerrisk, which documents theAPIs of theLinux kernel and theGNU C Library (glibc).
The book covers topics related to the Linuxoperating system and operating systems in general. It chronicles the history ofUnix and how it led to the creation of Linux. The book provides samples of code written inC, and learning exercises at the end of chapters. The author is a former writer for theLinux Weekly News[1] and the current maintainer for theLinuxman pages project.[2]
The Linux Programming Interface has been translated into several languages.[3]
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