# The Linux Programming Interface ![[cover-calibre-215.jpg|256]] ## Metadata **Source**:: #from/calibre **Kind**:: #books **Generated by**:: [[ob-calibre]] **Status**:: #x **Rating**:: 1 **Rating Tag**:: #rating/1 **Date Read**:: [[2025-04-19]] **Tags**:: #tech #gave-up-on **Pages**:: 4516 **Progress**:: <progress value="100" max="100"></progress> **Title**:: The Linux Programming Interface **Authors**:: [[Michael Kerrisk]] **Publisher**:: [[No Starch Press]] **Published**:: [[2010-10-27]] **Updated**:: [[2019-12-17]] **Languages**:: #lang/en **Formats**:: #format/epub **Cover**:: cover-calibre-215.jpg **Dropbox Directory**:: [Open Directory in Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/home/Calibre%20Library/Michael%20Kerrisk/The%20Linux%20Programming%20Interface%20%28215%29) **macOS Local Directory**:: [Open Directory Locally](file://C%3A/Users/me/Dropbox/Calibre%20Library/Michael%20Kerrisk/The%20Linux%20Programming%20Interface%20%28215%29) **Calibre Link**:: [Open in Calibre](calibre://show-book/Calibre_Library/215) ## Comments *The Linux Programming Interface* describes the Linux API (application programming interface)—the system calls, library functions, and other low-level interfaces that are used, directly or indirectly, by every program that runs on Linux.