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• [ ] Chapter 1. UNIX System Overview

  • [ ] 1.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 1.2. UNIX Architecture
  • [ ] 1.3. Logging In
  • [ ] 1.4. Files and Directories
  • [ ] 1.5. Input and Output
  • [ ] 1.6. Programs and Processes
  • [ ] 1.7. Error Handling
  • [ ] 1.8. User Identification
  • [ ] 1.9. Signals
  • [ ] 1.10. Time Values
  • [ ] 1.11. System Calls and Library Functions
  • [ ] 1.12. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 2. UNIX Standardization and Implementations

  • [ ] 2.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 2.2. UNIX Standardization
  • [ ] 2.3. UNIX System Implementations
  • [ ] 2.4. Relationship of Standards and Implementations
  • [ ] 2.5. Limits
  • [ ] 2.6. Options
  • [ ] 2.7. Feature Test Macros
  • [ ] 2.8. Primitive System Data Types
  • [ ] 2.9. Conflicts Between Standards
  • [ ] 2.10. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 3. File I/O

  • [ ] 3.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 3.2. File Descriptors
  • [ ] 3.3. open and openat Functions
  • [ ] 3.4. creat Function
  • [ ] 3.5. close Function
  • [ ] 3.6. lseek Function
  • [ ] 3.7. read Function
  • [ ] 3.8. write Function
  • [ ] 3.9. I/O Efficiency
  • [ ] 3.10. File Sharing
  • [ ] 3.11. Atomic Operations
  • [ ] 3.12. dup and dup2 Functions
  • [ ] 3.13. sync, fsync, and fdatasync Functions
  • [ ] 3.14. fcntl Function
  • [ ] 3.15. ioctl Function
  • [ ] 3.16. /dev/fd
  • [ ] 3.17. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 4. Files and Directories

  • [ ] 4.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 4.2. stat, fstat, and lstat Functions
  • [ ] 4.3. File Types
  • [ ] 4.4. Set-User-ID and Set-Group-ID
  • [ ] 4.5. File Access Permissions
  • [ ] 4.6. Ownership of New Files and Directories
  • [ ] 4.7. access Function
  • [ ] 4.8. umask Function
  • [ ] 4.9. chmod and fchmod Functions
  • [ ] 4.10. Sticky Bit
  • [ ] 4.11. chown, fchown, and lchown Functions
  • [ ] 4.12. File Size
  • [ ] 4.13. File Truncation
  • [ ] 4.14. File Systems
  • [ ] 4.15. link, unlink, remove, and rename Functions
  • [ ] 4.16. Symbolic Links
  • [ ] 4.17. symlink and readlink Functions
  • [ ] 4.18. File Times
  • [ ] 4.19. utime Function
  • [ ] 4.20. mkdir and rmdir Functions
  • [ ] 4.21. Reading Directories
  • [ ] 4.22. chdir, fchdir, and getcwd Functions
  • [ ] 4.23. Device Special Files
  • [ ] 4.24. Summary of File Access Permission Bits
  • [ ] 4.25. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 5. Standard I/O Library

  • [ ] 5.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 5.2. Streams and FILE Objects
  • [ ] 5.3. Standard Input, Standard Output, and Standard Error
  • [ ] 5.4. Buffering
  • [ ] 5.5. Opening a Stream
  • [ ] 5.6. Reading and Writing a Stream
  • [ ] 5.7. Line-at-a-Time I/O
  • [ ] 5.8. Standard I/O Efficiency
  • [ ] 5.9. Binary I/O
  • [ ] 5.10. Positioning a Stream
  • [ ] 5.11. Formatted I/O
  • [ ] 5.12. Implementation Details
  • [ ] 5.13. Temporary Files
  • [ ] 5.14. Alternatives to Standard I/O
  • [ ] 5.15. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 6. System Data Files and Information

  • [ ] 6.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 6.2. Password File
  • [ ] 6.3. Shadow Passwords
  • [ ] 6.4. Group File
  • [ ] 6.5. Supplementary Group IDs
  • [ ] 6.6. Implementation Differences
  • [ ] 6.7. Other Data Files
  • [ ] 6.8. Login Accounting
  • [ ] 6.9. System Identification
  • [ ] 6.10. Time and Date Routines
  • [ ] 6.11. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 7. Process Environment

  • [ ] 7.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 7.2. main Function
  • [ ] 7.3. Process Termination
  • [ ] 7.4. Command-Line Arguments
  • [ ] 7.5. Environment List
  • [ ] 7.6. Memory Layout of a C Program
  • [ ] 7.7. Shared Libraries
  • [ ] 7.8. Memory Allocation
  • [ ] 7.9. Environment Variables
  • [ ] 7.10. setjmp and longjmp Functions
  • [ ] 7.11. getrlimit and setrlimit Functions
  • [ ] 7.12. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 8. Process Control

  • [x] 8.1. Introduction
  • [x] 8.2. Process Identifiers
  • [x] 8.3. fork Function
  • [ ] 8.4. vfork Function
  • [ ] 8.5. exit Functions
  • [x] 8.6. wait and waitpid Functions
  • [ ] 8.7. waitid Function
  • [ ] 8.8. wait3 and wait4 Functions
  • [ ] 8.9. Race Conditions
  • [ ] 8.10. exec Functions
  • [ ] 8.11. Changing User IDs and Group IDs
  • [ ] 8.12. Interpreter Files
  • [ ] 8.13. system Function
  • [ ] 8.14. Process Accounting
  • [ ] 8.15. User Identification
  • [ ] 8.16. Process Times
  • [ ] 8.17. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 9. Process Relationships

  • [ ] 9.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 9.2. Terminal Logins
  • [ ] 9.3. Network Logins
  • [ ] 9.4. Process Groups
  • [ ] 9.5. Sessions
  • [ ] 9.6. Controlling Terminal
  • [ ] 9.7. tcgetpgrp, tcsetpgrp, and tcgetsid Functions
  • [ ] 9.8. Job Control
  • [ ] 9.9. Shell Execution of Programs
  • [ ] 9.10. Orphaned Process Groups
  • [ ] 9.11. FreeBSD Implementation
  • [ ] 9.12. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 10. Signals

  • [ ] 10.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 10.2. Signal Concepts
  • [ ] 10.3. signal Function
  • [ ] 10.4. Unreliable Signals
  • [ ] 10.5. Interrupted System Calls
  • [ ] 10.6. Reentrant Functions
  • [ ] 10.7. SIGCLD Semantics
  • [ ] 10.8. Reliable-Signal Terminology and Semantics
  • [ ] 10.9. kill and raise Functions
  • [ ] 10.10. alarm and pause Functions
  • [ ] 10.11. Signal Sets
  • [ ] 10.12. sigprocmask Function
  • [ ] 10.13. sigpending Function
  • [ ] 10.14. sigaction Function
  • [ ] 10.15. sigsetjmp and siglongjmp Functions
  • [ ] 10.16. sigsuspend Function
  • [ ] 10.17. abort Function
  • [ ] 10.18. system Function
  • [ ] 10.19. sleep Function
  • [ ] 10.20. Job-Control Signals
  • [ ] 10.21. Additional Features
  • [ ] 10.22. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 11. Threads

  • [ ] 11.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 11.2. Thread Concepts
  • [ ] 11.3. Thread Identification
  • [ ] 11.4. Thread Creation
  • [ ] 11.5. Thread Termination
  • [ ] 11.6. Thread Synchronization
  • [ ] 11.7. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 12. Thread Control

  • [ ] 12.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 12.2. Thread Limits
  • [ ] 12.3. Thread Attributes
  • [ ] 12.4. Synchronization Attributes
  • [ ] 12.5. Reentrancy
  • [ ] 12.6. Thread-Specific Data
  • [ ] 12.7. Cancel Options
  • [ ] 12.8. Threads and Signals
  • [ ] 12.9. Threads and fork
  • [ ] 12.10. Threads and I/O
  • [ ] 12.11. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 13. Daemon Processes

  • [ ] 13.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 13.2. Daemon Characteristics
  • [ ] 13.3. Coding Rules
  • [ ] 13.4. Error Logging
  • [ ] 13.5. Single-Instance Daemons
  • [ ] 13.6. Daemon Conventions
  • [ ] 13.7. ClientServer Model
  • [ ] 13.8. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 14. Advanced I/O

  • [ ] 14.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 14.2. Nonblocking I/O
  • [ ] 14.3. Record Locking
  • [ ] 14.4. I/O Multiplexing
  • [x] 14.4.1 select and pselect Functions
  • [ ] 14.4.2 poll Function
  • [ ] 14.5. Asynchronous I/O
  • [ ] 14.6. readv and writev Functions
  • [ ] 14.7. readn and writen Functions
  • [ ] 14.8. Memory-Mapped I/O
  • [ ] 14.9. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 15. Interprocess Communication

  • [ ] 15.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 15.2. Pipes
  • [ ] 15.3. popen and pclose Functions
  • [ ] 15.4. Coprocesses
  • [ ] 15.5. FIFOs
  • [ ] 15.6. XSI IPC
  • [ ] 15.7. Message Queues
  • [ ] 15.8. Semaphores
  • [ ] 15.9. Shared Memory
  • [ ] 15.10. ClientServer Properties
  • [ ] 15.11. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 16. Network IPC: Sockets

  • [ ] 16.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 16.2. Socket Descriptors
  • [ ] 16.3. Addressing
  • [ ] 16.4. Connection Establishment
  • [ ] 16.5. Data Transfer
  • [ ] 16.6. Socket Options
  • [ ] 16.7. Out-of-Band Data
  • [ ] 16.8. Nonblocking and Asynchronous I/O
  • [ ] 16.9. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 17. Advanced IPC

  • [ ] 17.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 17.2. STREAMS-Based Pipes
  • [ ] 17.3. UNIX Domain Sockets
  • [ ] 17.4. Passing File Descriptors
  • [ ] 17.5. An Open Server, Version 1
  • [ ] 17.6. An Open Server, Version 2
  • [ ] 17.7. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 18. Terminal I/O

  • [ ] 18.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 18.2. Overview
  • [ ] 18.3. Special Input Characters
  • [ ] 18.4. Getting and Setting Terminal Attributes
  • [ ] 18.5. Terminal Option Flags
  • [ ] 18.6. stty Command
  • [ ] 18.7. Baud Rate Functions
  • [ ] 18.8. Line Control Functions
  • [ ] 18.9. Terminal Identification
  • [ ] 18.10. Canonical Mode
  • [ ] 18.11. Noncanonical Mode
  • [ ] 18.12. Terminal Window Size
  • [ ] 18.13. termcap, terminfo, and curses
  • [ ] 18.14. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 19. Pseudo Terminals

  • [ ] 19.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 19.2. Overview
  • [ ] 19.3. Opening Pseudo-Terminal Devices
  • [ ] 19.4. pty_fork Function
  • [ ] 19.5. pty Program
  • [ ] 19.6. Using the pty Program
  • [ ] 19.7. Advanced Features
  • [ ] 19.8. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 20. A Database Library

  • [ ] 20.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 20.2. History
  • [ ] 20.3. The Library
  • [ ] 20.4. Implementation Overview
  • [ ] 20.5. Centralized or Decentralized?
  • [ ] 20.6. Concurrency
  • [ ] 20.7. Building the Library
  • [ ] 20.8. Source Code
  • [ ] 20.9. Performance
  • [ ] 20.10. Summary
  • [ ] Exercises

• [ ] Chapter 21. Communicating with a Network Printer

  • [ ] 21.1. Introduction
  • [ ] 21.2. The Internet Printing Protocol
  • [ ] 21.3. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • [ ] 21.4. Printer Spooling
  • [ ] 21.5. Source Code
  • [ ] 21.6. Summary
  • [ ] Exercise