You're reading from System Programming Essentials with Go System calls, networking, efficiency, and security practices with practical projects in Golang

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634132

Length 408 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Alex Rios

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction

2. Chapter 1: Why Go? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Refreshing Concurrency and Parallelism

4. Part 2: Interaction with the OS

5. Chapter 3: Understanding System Calls

6. Chapter 4: File and Directory Operations

7. Chapter 5: Working with System Events

8. Chapter 6: Understanding Pipes in Inter-Process Communication

9. Chapter 7: Unix Sockets

10. Part 3: Performance

11. Chapter 8: Memory Management

12. Chapter 9: Analyzing Performance

13. Part 4: Connected Apps

14. Chapter 10: Networking

15. Chapter 11: Telemetry

16. Chapter 12: Distributing Your Apps

17. Part 5: Going Beyond

18. Chapter 13: Capstone Project – Distributed Cache

19. Chapter 14: Effective Coding Practices

20. Chapter 15: Stay Sharp with System Programming

21. Index

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Appendix : Hardware Automation

File monitoring

File monitoring is a crucial aspect of system programming because it enables developers and administrators to stay informed about changes and activities within a filesystem. This real-time awareness of filesystem events is essential for maintaining a system’s integrity, security, and functionality. Without effective file monitoring, system programming tasks become significantly more challenging, as you cannot respond promptly to file-related events that can impact the overall operation of the system.

One powerful tool for file monitoring in the Linux environment is Inotify.

Inotify

Inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem that provides a mechanism for monitoring filesystem events. It allows you to receive notifications when certain events occur on files or directories, such as when a file is created, modified, or deleted, or when a directory is moved or renamed. In Go, you can use the standard library’s os and syscall packages to interact with Inotify...