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NEW TO THIS EDITION
Pipes and FIFOs.
Posix and System V Message Queues
Mutexes and Condition Variables
Read-Write Locks
Record Locking
Posix and System V Semaphores
Posix and System V Shared Memory
Solaris Doors and Sun RPC
Performance Measurements of IPC Techniques
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The only guide to UNIX(r) interprocess communications you'll ever need!
Well-implemented interprocess communications (IPC) are key to the performance of virtually every non-trivial UNIX program. In UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition, legendary UNIX expert W. Richard Stevens presents a comprehensive guide to every form of IPC, including message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and Remote Procedure Calls (RPC).
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Preface.
I. INTRODUCTION.
1. Introduction.II. MESSAGE PASSING.
4. Pipes and FIFOs.III. SYNCHRONIZATION.
7. Mutexes and Condition Variables.IV. SHARED MEMORY.
12. Shared Memory Introduction.V. REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS.
15. Doors.