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Understanding the fork() system call in UNIX - MO.AT
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Inter-Process Communication: pipe(), fork() and C++ STL-like streams | Eldruin's blog
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| | Example of inter-process comunication in C++ using STL-like streams.
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Thorsten Ball - Unicorn Unix Magic Tricks
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| | [AI summary] The article explains how Unicorn, a web server, leverages Unix system calls and concepts like fork, pipe, and signal handling to efficiently manage web requests. It highlights features such as hot reloading, zero downtime deployments, and worker process scaling using signals. The author emphasizes that these capabilities are not magic but a result of understanding and utilizing Unix's low-level mechanisms. The article also discusses the importance of knowing system-level details for debugging, architectural decisions, and deeper understanding of how software operates on the underlying system.
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forkfd part 1: Launching processes on Unix ยป Thiago Macieira's blog
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Digging into Linux namespaces - part 1
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| [AI summary] The provided text discusses the use of Linux namespaces to isolate network stacks, enabling the creation of isolated environments for processes. It covers topics such as network namespaces, virtual interfaces, bridges, and iptables rules to enable communication between namespaces and the outside world. The text also touches on other namespaces like USER, MNT, UTS, IPC, and CGROUP, and references various resources for further reading.