Programming with GNU Software Tools from Cygnus Support

Name: Programming with GNU Software Tools from Cygnus Support
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ISBN: 9781565921122

ISBN-10: 1565921127

ISBN-13: 9781565921122

Edition: 1997

Authors: Andy Oram, Mike Loukides

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The promise of having control over their environment draws programmers to UNIX. It offers powerful tools for the initiated within an operating system that can be customized and tuned in almost unlimited ways. Programmers use UNIX because it lets them do what they want. And they like to see the source code for the software they work with. So it's no surprise the most popular programming tools on UNIX are free. They're easy to get, easy to customize, and better than many tools put out by vendors. They also offer a great deal of power. And the source code is publicly available. This book and CD combination is a complete package for programmers who are new to UNIX or who would like to make…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/24/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

is a long time user of the Unix operating system. He has acted as a Unix consultant, courseware developer, and instructor. He is one of the originating authors of Unix Power Tools and the author of Learning the Unix Operating System by O'Reilly.



Preface



Towards a Free Software Development Environment


UNIX, the Programmer's Playground


What Is Free Software?


The Software in This Book


Installing Binaries


Updating Your Tools


The Free Software Culture



Introduction to the UNIX Operating System


Logging In to UNIX


UNIX Commands


The UNIX Filesystem


Online Documentation


Standard Input and Output


Controlling Execution


Shell Programs


Shell Customization


Other Basic Tools



Editing Source Code with Emacs


Getting Emacs Started


Basic Editing in C Mode


Compiling Without Leaving Emacs


Shell Windows


Tags


Some Other Modes and Commands



Compiling and Linking with gcc


C Compilation


Assembling a C Program


Linking Programs


Creating Libraries


Cross-Compilation



Libraries


Error Handling


Signals


Time


System Interface Issues


C++ Classes


Libraries and Licensing



Debugging C and C++ Programs


Compilation for gdb


Starting gdb


Basic gdb Commands


Variable Scope and Context


Moving Up and Down the Call Stack


C++ Programs


Interface to Emacs


Command Completion and Abbreviations


Attaching to an Existing Process


Quick Reference



Automatic Compilation with make


Creating a makefile


Invoking make


make and RCS


Error Messages


Some Final Notes



Source Management with RCS


Revision Trees


Basic Operations


More About Checking In


New and Old Generations


Other Features


The Next Step



Program Timing and Profiling


Simple Timings


Introduction to Profiling


Generating a Profile with gprof



What Is Cygnus Support?



Building GNU Software from Sources



Data Representations



The GNU General Public License


Index Return to Programming with GNU Software