Linux Application Development

Name: Linux Application Development
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ISBN: 9780201308211

ISBN-10: 0201308215

ISBN-13: 9780201308211

Edition: 1st 1998

Authors: Michael Johnson, Erik W. Troan

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This practical reference guides students and practicing programmers who need to develop Linux applications or port applications from other platforms. Linux is fundamentally similar to UNIX, so much of the book covers ground familiar to UNIX programmers; but the book consistently addresses topics from a Linux point of view. The aim throughout is to present such detailed information on the Linux operating system-especially, on the development environment, and on the interface both to the kernel and to the core system libraries-as is required to take full advantage of Linux. If you are already a proficient UNIX programmer, the book will greatly facilitate your transition to Linux. If you can…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 4/20/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Michael G Johnson has researched Native American history and culture for more than 35 years. He has written a number of books on the subject in the Men-at-Arms series, including Men-at-Arms 344:Tribes of the Sioux Nation. In July 2000 he was presented with The Denali Press Award by the American Library Association, for hisMacmillan Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. He has contributed to exhibitions for the Arts Council of Great Britain and the American Museum in Bath, UK, and has visited more than 30 Indian communities and reservations.



Preface



Getting Started


History of Linux Development


A Short History of Free UNIX Software


Development of Linux


Basic Lineage of UNIX Systems


Linux Lineage


Licenses and Copyright


Copyright


Licensing


Free Software Licenses


Combinations of Free and Commercial Software


The GNU General Public License


The GNU Library General Public License


MIT/X-Style Licenses


BSD-Style Licenses


Artistic License


License Incompatibilities


More Information on Linux


Overview of Linux Documentation


The HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs


The LDP Books


The Linux Software Map


The man Pages


Other Books


Source Code


Linux (and Other) Newsgroups


Mailing Lists


vger


Other Lists


Other Documentation


GNU


BSD


Your Distribution Vendor



Development Tools and Environment


Development Tools


Editors


Emacs


vi


Make


Complex Command Lines


Variables


Suffix Rules


The GNU Debugger


gcc Options and Extensions


gcc Options


Header Files


long long


Inline Functions


Alternative Extended Keywords


Attributes


Memory Debugging Tools


Buggy Code


Electric Fence


Using Electric Fence


Memory Alignment


Other Features


Limitations


Resource Consumption


Checker


Finding Overruns


Finding Memory Leaks


mpr and mcheck()


Finding Memory Corruption with mcheck


Finding Memory Leaks with mpr


Creating and Using Libraries


Static Libraries


Shared Libraries


Designing Shared Libraries


Managing Compatibility


Incompatible Libraries


Designing Compatible Libraries


Building Shared Libraries


Installing Shared Libraries


Example


Using Shared Libraries


Using Noninstalled Libraries


Preloading Libraries


Linux Development Environment


Understanding System Calls


System Call Limitations


System Call Return Codes


Using System Calls


Common Error Return Codes


Finding Header and Library Files



System Programming


The Process Model


Defining a Process


Complicating Things with Threads


The Linux Approach


Process Attributes


The pid and Parentage


Credentials


The fsuid


User and Group ID Summary


Process Information


Program Arguments


Resource Usage


Establishing Usage Limits


Process Primitives


Having Children


Watching Your Children Die


Running New Programs


A Bit of History: vfork()


Killing Yourself


Killing Others


Dumping Core


Simple Children


Running and Waiting with system()


Reading or Writing from a Process


Sessions and Process Groups


Sessions


Controlling Terminal


Process Groups


Introduction to ladsh


Running External Programs with ladsh


Creating Clones