C prog book with GNU/Linux bias?

Weejoker · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:34 pm Post subject: C prog book with GNU/Linux bias?

Okay, I've watch my original Borland/Windows-based C++ skills evaporate over the last three years due to non-use. I'm now coming from a Perl background and now wishing to try my hand at C in Linux (not going into such a depth to require C++ I think).

Does anyone know of a good C book (hardcopy) highlighting all that teaches the basics AND details of GNU/Linux compiling (makefiles, gcc, etc)? A 'Programming Perl'-style book would be ideal, but I doubt such a book can exist.

The latter detail seems to be lacking in the other forum threads I've read, so hence why I've posted.

Cheers,
John

P.S Any good links to concise webpages detailing the "GNU/Linux compiling" part are more than welcome, as I'd like to start straight away.

Pythonhead

Weejoker · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks Pythonhead!

Although it's not brief, that would pretty much cover everything I think I'd need on the GNU tools side. If anyone else cannot come up with a hardcopy solution, then I'll just use that page and see what C books are recommended.

John

robmoss · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:04 pm Post subject:

The accepted best book on C is "The C Programming Language" by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. I'd suggest finding that on amazon.com and reading some of the reader reviews before even *thinking* about buying anything else. You will not find a better book on C - those two did invent the language, after all!

Weejoker · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:38 pm Post subject:

Wow - that book looks like the one I'm looking for:

dolbz · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:27 pm Post subject:

lol sounds like you're pleased. I've been going through that book slowly. Now my school exams are over I'm trying to delve into C a bit more. I need some small scale programs to write along side the book examples. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Dolbz

Xiderpunk · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject:

dirtboy · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:16 am Post subject:

Hey Dolbz, I got one for ya. I just started c programming and I have a little project I could use some help with. I'm trying to create a little program that will check an email box periodically and look for email with a certain string as the subject and from a specified email address or domain. It will then pasrse a URL from the body and pass that URL to ProZilla for downloading. I'm gonna use it to download things at home by sending myself an email from work or elsewhere. My boss will appreciate me using less bandwidth at work. If you are interested send me a private message.

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Anyone else is welcome too, just please don't do it for me. I'll never learn that way.

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