System Programming Environment of the Solaris 10 Operating Environment
*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
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
Process Creation and Control
*Attributes (username, UID, PID, Groups)
*Creation methods
*Multi-tasking
*Shells
*Synchronization
*An introduction to threads
Synchronization and System Information
*Time issues:
-how time is maintained
-timers
*General synchronization
-semaphores
-mutexes
-signals (generation and handling)
*System information:
-uname
-hostname
-load averages
Interprocess Data Communication Facilities
*Overview of Unix IPC Facilities
*Memory Mapped files
*Pipes and Named Pipes
*Messages Queues
*Creating and Using Shared Memory structures
Sharing Code Between Processes
*Building shared object (libraries)
*Static Linking
*Dynamic Linking
Networking
*Concepts and basic requirements
*Socket creation and usage
*TCP/IP level connections
*UDP/IP level connections
