COMPUTER TECH. SKILLS

Linux for the Systems Programmer

Nº 3303
DATE: 17-18+24-26.06.12
PRICE NIS: 4350 + VAT
DURATION: 5 Days

3303 Linux for the Systems Programmer.pdf

Course Overview:

This hands-on course is a follow on course to the Linux systems administration course.
The course covers technical in-depth topics including system programming, file systems, signals, processes, pipes, threads, timers, input-output, sockets, the kernel and scripting.

Who should attend?

Linux systems programmers. The course is intended for programmers who are familiar with the C programming language and at least one other operating system.

Prerequisities:

C programming knowledge. An advantage to introduction To Linux or Linux Fundamentals or equivalent. Linux systems administration. Some basic experience in using Linux, Unix or another operating system.

Course Outline:

1. Linux/Unix Overview

History and philosophy of Unix/Linux and Open Source
System architecture: from user interface to hardware
Getting around: shell basics
Overview: strace-ing "Hello World"

2. System Programming

Anatomy of a system call: uname()
/proc – your window to the kernel

3. File Systems

Overview of common file systems: ext2/3, nfs, reiserfs, xfs, vfat
Kernel file system architecture, from block devices to files & directories
File related system calls: stat, access, open, close, read, write
Exercise
More file related system calls: readv, writev
Exercise

4. Using Signals

Overview of signals
Typical usage
Gotcha's – traps and pitfalls
Exercise

5. Processes

What is a process
Process environment
Working with processes: fork, exec* and wait*
Exercise

6. Pipes and IPC (inter-process communication)

Pipe and dup2, popen and pclose system calls
FIFOs (named pipes)
Shared memory
Sockets
Semaphores
Exercise

7. Threads

Time, gettimeofday system calls
Alarm, setitimer
Nanosleep
Exercise

8. Timers

Using the Unix clock
Internal clocks

9. Socket programming

TCP/IP overview
The socket API
Datagram v.s. connection-oriented sockets
Typical client/server examples

10. I/O

File locking with fcntl
Asynchronous I/O via select
Exercise

11. The kernel

The kernel boot process
Building the kernel
An overview of module programming
Exercise

12. Scripting

Overview
Variables
Functions
Examples
Exercise

13. Summary

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