Unix Systems Programming
CSPP 51081

The Links Page

Index to Links

• Unix History
• Computing Resources
• Introduction to Unix
• bash Shell
• Text Editing on Unix
• Unix Resources
• C Programming
• Programming Style Guide
• Programming Tools
• Systems Programming References
• Socket Programming References
• Thread Programming References

Unix History

• Unix History Web Site Very cool timeline.
• Bell Labs Where it all began.
• Multics and emacs The mother of all Multics emacs papers.
• Social History of Unix and Linux I remember watching Buck Rodgers.
• The Command Line Interface An interesting account of the Operating System Interface (CLI vs. GUI).
• Open Sources Voices from the Open Source Revolution.
• The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond. A thorough, opinionated discussion of the Unix Philosophy.

• In their own words.

  • The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System by Dennis Ritchie
  • Reflections on Trusting Trust Ken Thompson's speech on reciept of the Turing Award. The speech is on the cutest program he ever wrote. (No, it is not the original Unix OS.)
  • The GNU Manifesto by Richard Stallman
  • Early history of Linux by Linus Torvald.
  • Linux is Obsolete. Andy Tanenbaum's pronouncement (January 29, 1992) on the Linux OS. (Andy Tanenbaum of the Operating Systems text fame.)
• Unix Programmer's Manual First Edition, November 3, 1970.

Computing Resources

• Computing Services
• CSPP Computing Services
• Computer Science Instructional Services The Mac and Linux Lab in basement A of Regenstein Library. Much useful information on what is available on the Macs.

• Other Useful Links

  • Setting-up a remote account
  • Connectivity Package SSH homepage
  • General Search for Machines
  • Searching for Accessible Machines
  • Debian 3.0 distribution . This is a list of programs provided with the Debian 3.0 distribution found on the CSPP machines.

Introduction to Unix

• First Unix Tutorial
• Unix Command Line Tutorial
• Unix Tutorial (pdf) A training manual from Rice University.
• Linux Fundamentals (pdf) A training maual from Fortuitous Technologies.
• Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition by Jerry Peek, John Strang, Grace Todino-Gonguet
• Practical Unix By Steve Moritsugu, James Edwards, Sanjiv Guha, David Horvath, Gordon Marler, Jesper Pedersen, David Pitts, Dan Wilson

• Unix Cheat Sheets

  Each two pages, Print and Keep at your side.
  • Unix Cheat Sheat I (pdf)
  • Unix Cheat Sheat II (pdf)

bash Shell

• Absolute Introduction to the bash Shell Scripting

• Two part tutorial on bash Shell Programming

  • Beginning bash Shell Programming
  • Advanced bash Shell Programming
  
  
• Configuring the bash Shell A short introduction on setting your environment variables.
• Both Unix in a Nutshell and Linux in a Nutshell have succint chapters on the bash shell (and other shell flavors.)
• bash Reference Manual
• Learning the bash Shell, 2nd Edition by Cameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt

Text Editing on Unix: emacs and vi

• emacs Tutorials

  There are many, many tutorials on the web. Choose the one most readable to you. emacs is a monster program with something for everyone.
  • emacs Tutorial I I really like this tutorial from Norm Matloff.
  • emacs Tutorial II Many tutorials are variants of this one.
  • emacs Tutorial III (pdf) This is a .pdf format and written for students at Rice.

• vi Tutorials

  You will need a passing acquaintance with vi to use the graphical vim.
  • vi Tutorial I A very good tutorial from Norm Matloff.
  • vi Tutorial II (pdf) This is a .pdf format and written for students at Rice.

• Cheat Sheets

  Each two pages, Print and Keep at your side.
  • emacs Cheat Sheet
  • vi Cheat Sheet

• Pocket References

  • GNU Emacs Pocket Reference by Debra Cameron
  • vi Editor Pocket Reference by Arnold Robbins
  
  
• Both Unix in a Nutshell and Linux in a Nutshell have succint chapters on emacs and vi.
• emacs Reference Manual Sorry, this is brutal. I have not yet found a thorough reference to emacs online.
• Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition by Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins
  
• The vi Lover's Web Page Comprehensive guide to vi.
  
• vi IMproved vim by Steve Oualline

Unix Resources

• UNIX Power Tools, 3rd Edition by Mike Loukides, Tim O'Reilly, Jerry Peek, Shelley Power
• Linux in a Nutshell by Stephen Figgins, Jessica P. Hekman, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhou
• Unix in a Nutshell by Arnold Robbins

C Programming

• Essential C (.pdf) by the Stanford CS Education Library. This is an excellent place to start refreshing your C programming skills.
• Pointers and Memory (.pdf) by the Stanford CS Education Library. When you are ready to muscle-up on the most common source of programming bugs. This is an excellent discussion of using pointers.
• Programming in C Online Courseware by David Marshall. This is a very good reference that will be a useful resource throughout the the quarter with its discussion of UNIX system calls.
• C Primer Plus by Stephen Prata
• C Pocket Reference by Ulla Kirch-Prinz, Peter Prinz
• Practical C Programming by Steve Oualline

Style Guide

• Peter van der Klugt Style Guide
• Nasa Style Guide
• Indian River Style Guide

Programming Tools

• Unix Programming Tools (pdf) Stanford's Guide to using gcc, make,gdb, emacs and bash. An excellent place to start.
• ACM Tutorials Tutorials on using EM>gcc, make,gdb and cvs. The section on make is an excellent discussion of using this utility. (The other tutorials are really more notes.)

• gcc

  Gnu's C compiler. There are several versions in use on machines. To find out which version your machine is running type gcc -v on the command line. For our purposes the version you use will not effect performance.
  
  • Compiling "C" Programs with gcc Bare bones introduction to compiling with gcc (Gnu's version of the C compiler called cc in the text) from the Little Unix Programmers Group (LUPG). You will probably not need much more for this class.
  • Documentation on gcc-3.4.0 The Debian 3.0 machines on the CSPP cluster run gcc-3.4.0.
  • Online documentation of other versions of gcc Some machines are running gcc-3.3.1 or gcc-2.95.3.
  
  

• make

  Utility for building projects
  • Writing Larger Programs from Dave Marshall's Sourceware. A good place to start with the motivation and use of make.
  • Tutorial on make Very good introduction to using make from the Little Unix Programmers Group (LUPG).
  • GNU make Reference Manual.
  
  

• Debuggers

  Text-based gdb and graphics based ddd
  • Guide to Using gdb gdb is a text-based debugger. This is the reference manual.
  • Debugging with ddd ddd is a graphical interface for gdb. This is an excellent source for using ddd. I encourage use to use this resource.
  
  

Systems Programming References

• The Linux Kernel by David A Rusling. Highly recommended guide to the Linux Kernel for those who want to look beneath the hood.
• The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 (POSIX Standards) See the section on System Interfaces for the specifications and examples of correct usage for system call library. This is a very readable document and well worth your use as a reference.
• LUPG Tutorials Very good collection of tutorials on programming for Unix.
• Programming in C Online Courseware by David Marshall. This is a very good reference that will be a useful resource throughout the the quarter with its discussion of UNIX system calls.
• Advanced Linux Programming by Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham, Alex Samuel
• Advanced UNIX Programming by Warren W. Gay

Socket Programming References

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming An excellent introductory tutorial on Socket Programming
• BSD Sockets: A Quick and Dirty Primer
• An Introduction to Socket Programming A little more advanced than Beej's Guide. Developes whois server.
• Network Programming Under Unix Systems
• Intoduction to Internet Protocols
• RFC Editor Homepage A clearinghouse of technical and informational notes about the Internet
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• Transfer Control Protocol (TCP)
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1)

Thread Programming References

• POSIX Threads Index POSIX specification for pthreads API
• Posix Thread Programming
• Multi-Thread Programming with POSIX Threads
• Chapter 4, Threads in Advanced Linux Programming by Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham, Alex Samuel
• Thread Programming Examples
• Thread Programing Guideline Chapter 11 of AIX Version 4.3 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs