PDF versions of the lecture slides will be available here.
Readings from the course textbooks will be assigned at least a week in
advance as preparation for the week's lectures.
| Topics | Delivered | Slides | Readings | Tutorial Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction Unix review and Unix files |
Week 1 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | none | |
| Shell programming | Week 2-4 | |||
| Shell programming | Week 2-3 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | shell examples | TA CVS tutorial notes
(1-up) TA tutorial notes week 3 (1-up) |
| Shell review | Week 4 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | ||
| C programming | Week 4-7 | |||
| Introduction to C | Week 4 |
Intro notes pdf (pdf 1-up) |
King: Ch. 1-7 | TA tutorial notes week 4 (1-up) |
| C pointers and strings | Week 5 | Pointers: pdf
(pdf 1-up) Strings: pdf (pdf 1-up) Memory Management: pdf (pdf 1-up) |
King: Ch. 7, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 | TA tutorial notes week 5 |
| C structs, files and system calls | Week 6 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | King: Ch. 12, 13, 17.1-17.4, 16.1-16.3 Haviland: Ch. 1, 2.2-2.4, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 C examples |
TA tutorial notes week 6 (1-up) |
| Advanced C topics | Week 7 | pdf
(pdf 1-up) Function pointers: pdf (pdf 1-up) Compilers, libraries: pdf (pdf 1-up) |
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| Systems programming | Week 7-13 | |||
| Processes | Week 7-8 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Haviland: Chapter 5 Examples |
|
| Pipes | Week 8-9 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Haviland: Ch. 7.1 (except 7.1.6), 2, 11 workers.c |
|
| Signals | Week 9 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Haviland: Chapter 6 (except 6.2.4 on sigsetjmp) Examples |
|
| Sockets | Week 10 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Haviland: Chapter 10 Examples |
sigchld.c example |
| Select | Week 11 | pdf
(pdf 1-up) Bit vectors: pdf (pdf 1-up) |
Haviland: Chapter 7.1.6, King: Chapter 20.1, 20.2 | inetserver.c and inetclient.c |
| Concurrency | Week 12 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Haviland: Chapter 8.3.3 | |
| Threads | Week 13 | pdf (pdf 1-up) | Example: threadserver.c pthreads tutorial |
|
| Review | Week 13 | pdf (pdf 1-up) |
Note:
If you opt to use a different C book for use in this course,
you can read the sections of your book that correspond to the assigned
readings.
You may wish to consult the table of contents for
King's book.