Class Notes

We have considerable latitude in what we study this semester. The following topics are in the course outline and must be covered:

Script Programming
Operating System Interface
Program Execution
User Related Tasks
Files and Directories
Interprocess Communication

Additional topics will be added based on student and instructor interest. You are encouraged to explore the resources and provide input for additional topics throughout the course of the semester.

We will cover many of the chapters listed here, but not in the order given at the beginning of the semester. This page will be updated as the semester progresses.

Notes

(Order will change, this is what we did last time)

Background
- Chapter 1
  - History
  - Standards
- Command Line Arguments
- Chapter 2 Fundamental Concepts: Read this yourself. It is an overview of the book.
- Chapter 3 System Programming Concepts
  - System Calls and the Kernel
  - Errors in system calls.
Files and Directories Part 1
- Chapter 4
Processes part 1.
- Chapter 6 as needed and Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
  - Exit
  - Code for this section
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
Chapter 44
Chapter 56 Intro to Sockets
- overview.Begin()
- overview.End()
Chapter 57, Unix domain sockets.
- A Unix Domain Server and Client *2
- Code for this section
Chapter 58, TCP/IP overview
- Part I
Chapter 59, Can we make a network server work?
- Some server notes
- Code for this section
Threads
- Chapter 29 Threads Introduction
- Chapter 30 Thread Synchronization
- Chapter 31 Thread Safety and Per-thread storage
MPI
More on Files and Directories.
- Chapter 5 File I/O: Further Details
- File Types and Attributes: Chapters 14, 15, 18, ...
Users: Chapter 8
Script Programming
- Python
- Bash
Chapter 10 time
Signals
- Chapter 20 signals
- Chapter 21 Signal handlers
Inter-process Communications
- Chapters 43 through 61
Additional Topics
- Chapter 23 Timers
- Chapter 37 Daemons
- Chapter 13 File I/O Buffering
- Chapter 14 File Systems
- Chapter 28 Program Execution