title: The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
author:  Michael Kerrisk 
description: <b>Michael Kerrisk</b> has been using and programming UNIX systems for more than 20 years, and has taught many week-long courses on UNIX system programming. Since 2004, he has maintained the <i>man-pages project</i> (http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/), which produces the manual pages describing the Linux kernel and glibc programming APIs. He has written or co-written more than 250 of the manual pages and is actively involved in the testing and design review of new Linux kernel-userspace interfaces. Michael lives with his family in Munich, Germany.
zlib_text: The Linux 
  Programming 
  inTerface
  A Linux and UNIX
  ® System Programming Handbook
  Michael KerrisK
  
   
  
  PRAISE FOR THE LINUX PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
  “If I had to choose a single book to sit next to my machine when writing 
  software for Linux, this would be it.”
  —MARTIN LANDERS, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, GOOGLE
  “This book, with its detailed descriptions and examples, contains everything 
  you need to understand the details and nuances of the low-level programming 
  APIs in Linux . . . no matter what the level of reader, there will be something 
  to be learnt from this book.”
  —MEL GORMAN, AUTHOR OF Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager
  “Michael Kerrisk has not only written a great book about Linux programming 
  and how it relates to various standards, but has also taken care that bugs he 
  noticed got fixed and the man pages were (greatly) improved. In all three 
  ways, he has made Linux programming easier. The in-depth treatment of 
  topics in The Linux Programming Interface . . . makes it a must