UNIX System Calls and Libraries - Part II

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Course Code:

• UU1002

Length:

• 4 days

Audience:

• This course is designed for UNIX System ANSI C Language programmers who need to write or maintain multiprocess applications.

Prerequisites:

• Students need experience programming at the UNIX System call level.

Course Description:

• This course deals with the C language programmer's interface to the UNIX Operating System through the calls and many library functions pertaining to interprocess communications. Through these routines, programmers can write applications using concurrent processes running on a single computer or on multiple processors connected in a network.
• The course shows students how to directly access the services provided by the UNIX Operating System kernel to transfer data between running processes. Students also learn to use library routines that hide network-specific features from their applications.
• The course is a recommended prerequisite for the study of system internals.

Key Topics:

• Write programs that handle and generate signals
• Program applications where processes communicate using system pipes and named pipes
• Use message queues, semaphores, and shared memory to synchronize and provide data communication between concurrent processes
• Establish communication between processes running on separate computers over a network

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