1.
John Shapley Gray, Interprocess Communications in UNIX, The Nooks &
Crannies, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall PTR, NJ, 1998 (Required)
2.
The UNIX CD BookShelf (6 books on CD), O'Reilly, 1998. (Required)
3. Gary V. Vaughan et al., Gnu Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool, New Riders, 2000 (Web Version free Available)
Assignments: 50 %
Midterm: 20 %
Final: 30 %
1. Introduce principles of UNIX Systems
Programming and gain hands-on experience in multiprocessing/multithreading UNIX
application development.
2. To get experience of the latest techniques
& methodologies in development of large software systems in UNIX/Linux
environment.
3. In Depth Learning of Interprocess
Communication techniques for Client/Server application development.
4. To get familiar with the UNIX programming
environment, system call interface, ANSI C and ANSI/ISO C++ functions and
classes.
5. To learn the basic UNIX system
administration and Shell scripting.
Week 1
Introduction to UNIX. History, Standards, Features. Guide to main editors
Week 2
Programmers Tools. Compiling, Linking, Running, Debugging.
Week 3
The UNIX File System. Assignment #1 given.
Week 4
The GNU Build System. Autoconf/Automake/Configure
Week 5
The GNU Build System. (cont) UNIX Processes/Threads,Process Control. Assignment
#2 given.
Week 6
UNIX Processes (cont)
Week 7
UNIX file I/O. Midterm exam.
Week 8
UNIX file I/O. (cont). Introduction to Unix Interprocess Communication.
Assignment #3 given.
Week 9
IPC (cont). Process signaling.
Week 10
Pipes, Message Queues, Shared
Memory
Week 11
Semaphores, POSIX semaphores, file locking. Assignment #4 given.
Week 12 UNIX
Sockets & Remote procedure Calls (RPC). Network basics
Week 13
Sockets (cont). Introduction to UNIX Shells. C-shell programming
Week 14
UNIX Shells (Cont). UNIX man & info pages