Unix System Programming
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Purpose

• Logging In
  A basic guide for logging into a remote machine and transferring files
• Basic Compiling
  A basic guide for compiling your C program
• Manual Pages
  A guide to the Unix command line reference manual.
• Finding your way around
  A guide to all that is Unix.
• Online Unix Reference
  An online reference that covers many useful subjects.
  I will frequently link you to useful sections.
• Unix Cheat Sheet (pdf)
  

• programming tips
  Some pointers on how to approach a programming assignment.
• file I/O
  A compilation of the main Unix file I/O operations.
• make files
  A helpful guide to using the make utility. Start reading it early, and practice writing make files
• compiling C
  This is a short tutorial on compiling C code: what the steps are, some of the useful options.
• gdb
  A tutorial for using the gdb debugger.
• Deconstructing Make
  Deconstructing Makefile used to build static libraries.
  

• programming tips
  Some pointers on how to approach a programming assignment.
• Various information related to static and shared libraries can be found in the ar(1), gcc(1), ld(1), ldconfig(8), ld.so(8), dlopen(3), and objdump(1) manual pages and in the info documentation for ld and readelf.
• David Wheeler's Program Library HOWTO
  Covers useful information on writing shared libraries on Linux.
• Sun's Linker and Libraries
  The GNU shared library scheme has many similarites to that implemented in Solaris, and therefore it's worth reading Sun's Linker and Libraries.
• Information about GNU Libtool
  A tool that shileds the programmer from the implementation-specific details of building shared libraries.

Lab4 Assignment

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Lab4 Assignment

Lab5 Assignment

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Lab5 Assignment

• Forking children and Creating Zombies
  I hope Zombies caught your attention!! This tutorial contains some essential information on fork and wait (and of course Zombies.)

Lab7 Assignment

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Lab7 Assignment

• System V Semaphores
  A reference for using Semaphores with useful code.
• Process Cooperation
  A tutorial on Interprocess Communication introducing the Consumer/Producer paradigm of process cooperation and the Bounded Buffer Problem.
• Process Synchronization
  Using System V semaphores to sychronize processes and solve the Bounded Buffer Problem.
• Producer/Consumer Example Code This is a sample program using the producer/consumer solution with semaphores. It is an example using POSIX threads (see Lab7)

Lab8 Assignment

Lab8 Assignment

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
  This is the best source for Unix Socket Programming to supplement the lecture notes.
• Unix Socket Programming FAQ
• UDP Protocol
• TCP Protocol
• IP Protocol

Lab9 Assignment

Lab9 Assignment

• The best of the online sources I have seen
• Producer/Consumer Example Code This is a sample program using the producer/consumer solution with semaphores. It is an example using POSIX threads (see Lab7)