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Course Outline

Module 1 - System Programming Environment of the RHEL 6

• Environment of a C language program
  
• System level programming requirements:
  • C compiler issues
  • Header files and libraries
  • Special data types used
    
  • Useful functions
  • Error handling (basic)
• Documentation
  
• Security Issues

Module 2 - File Systems

• Types of file I/O
• File I/O structures
  
• File I/O access types
  
• Dealing with STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR
  
• Creating and using temporary files
  
• Directory file access and manipulation
  
• Permissions

Module 3 - Process Creation and Control

• Attributes (username, UID, PID, Groups)
  
• Creation methods
  
• Multi-tasking
  
• Shells
  
• Synchronization
  
• An introduction to threads

Module 4 - Synchronization and System Information

• Time issues:
  
  • how time is maintained
  • timers
• General synchronization:
  • semaphores
  • mutexes
  • spinlocks and barriers
  • signals (generation and handling)
• System information:
  
  • uname
  • hostname
  • load averages

Module 5 - Interprocess Data Communication Facilities

• Overview of RHEL 6 IPC Facilities
  
• Memory Mapped files
  
• Pipes and Named Pipes
  
• Messages Queues
  
• Creating and Using Shared Memory structures

Module 6 - Sharing Code Between Processes

• Building shared object (libraries)
  
• Static Linking
  
• Dynamic Linking
  
• Networking

Module 7 - Concepts and basic requirements

• Socket creation and usage
  
• TCP/IP level connections
  
• UDP/IP level connections