Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:27:39 -0500 (EST) From: nvp@mediaone.net To: Scott_Graves@sealand.com (Graves Scott) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Learning C on FreeBSD... Message-ID: <19980915002739.10845.qmail@inhaler.noopy.org> In-Reply-To: <E00F8BB67E78D011965C00805F9AC8010253DB1B@sdal010exch.sealand.csx.com> from "Graves, Scott" at "Sep 14, 98 06:08:08 pm"
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> Can someone give me a few books which will help me to learn C on FreeBSD...
> I'd like to start actually understanding how to design programs for
> FreeBSD.... The last programming language I used was PASCAL over 3 years
> ago... Any suggestions would be great...
When you say "design programs for FreeBSD", do you mean "write
system-level stuff for FreeBSD, device drivers, packet filters, etc.",
or do you mean "write C programs which run under FreeBSD"?
These books should help with either or both:
- Practical C (3rd Ed) by Steve Oualline (O'Reilly and Assoc).
This book doesn't really cover OS-specific stuff, nor does it
cover POSIX. But it does offer a number of interesting
examples from the simple (2+2) to the more complex (pointers,
linked lists, etc).
- A Book on C by Kelley/Pohl (Benjamin Cummings). Like
_Practical C_, this book doesn't really cover OS-specific
stuff; it makes some allusions to reading directories and
such but doesn't provide any examples. It provides some
information about pointers and linked structures but doesn't
go in depth with implementation details.
- The C Programming Language or "The C Bible" by Kerningham and
Ritchie (publisher forgotten). If you intend to work with C
and you need a little bit of direction, some algorithms to
get started with, lots of Unixisms (stat'ing files, reading
directories, file I/O, etc), and a huge number of Unix (C)
functions and their parameters/return values, I'd definitely
suggest getting this book. I think that it's in 2nd edition.
--
Nate Patwardhan, System Administrator
O'Reilly and Associates
nvp@oreilly.com
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