斯蒂芬罗岛的更新是一个早就应该有利于社会的专​ ​ 业人士使用的UNIX和类UNIX操作系统环境的多功能家庭。它删除过时的，包括新的发展。它也彻底更新所有主题，范例和应用的背景下，最近流行的UNIX和类UNIX环境的实现版本。然而，所有这一切，同时保留原有经典的风格和品味。“ - 穆克什Kacker，Pronto Networks公司，公司的创始人和前首席技术官”UNIX编程的基本经典之一“ - 埃里克S。雷蒙德的UNIX编程艺术“，这是任何严重的或专业的UNIX系统程序员的权威参考书的作者。罗岛已更新和扩展史蒂文斯的经典文本，同时保持真实原。这些API都亮起明确自己的使用例子。他还提到许多的陷阱，寻找跨不同的UNIX系统的实现，并指出如何避免-Stephen Rago s update is a long overdue benefit to the community of professionals using the versatile family of UNIX and UNIX-like operating environments. It removes obsolescence and includes newer developments. It also thoroughly updates the context of all topics, examples, and applications to recent releases of popular implementations of UNIX and UNIX-like environments. And yet, it does all this while retaining the style and taste of the original classic."--Mukesh Kacker, cofounder and former CTO of Pronto Networks, Inc."One of the essential classics of UNIX programming."--Eric S. Raymond, author of The Art of UNIX Programming"This is the definitive reference book for any serious or professional UNIX systems programmer. Rago has updated and extended the classic Stevens text while keeping true to the original. The APIs are illuminated by clear examples of their use. He also mentions many of the pitfalls to look out for when programming across different UNIX system implementations and