COURSE CODE: LA202

Description:
This course is aimed at using the linux commands using C programming.

Course Overview:

Introduction to ‘C’ for Linux

ANSI / ISO ‘C’ Standard Header Libraries

  • assert.h, errno.h, math.h
  • stddef.h, stdlib.h

Character & String Manipulation

  • stdlib.h, ctype.h, string.h, memory.h
  • String formatting function

Date & Time functions

  • time.h, clock(), time() & ctime()
  • The tm structure

Memory Allocation

  • malloc.h, malloc(), free(), calloc()
  • realloc(), Dynamic arrays, Linked list

System Call I/O

  • stdio.h, open(), creat()
  • Higher order open modes
  • read(), write() , lseek() & close()
  • File access via both System & Standard I/O functions
  • Temporary files

File Handling

  • File Access, File status
  • Change access & Modification times
  • umask(), chmod(), chown()
  • link & unlink()

Directory Handling

  • Change working & root directory
  • Making & Removing a Directory
  • File Tree Walking

Unix Command Execution

  • System()
  • Pipes Unix commands

Environment Information

  • Program Environment arguments
  • getenv() & putenv()

Multiprocessing

  • Initiating Processes, Parallel Processing
  • Inter-Process communicatoin; dup(), fcntl() Process control
  • Process exit() & abort()
  • sleep(), nice(), brk(), sbrk() & ulimit()
  • Process Identification
  • Signal Handling

Information

  • Real & Effective user & group ID’s
  • /etc/passwd Information
  • /etc/group Information

Function Control

  • Variable Parameters
  • Inter-function Jumps

The Curses Library

  • Using the Curses Library
  • Basic Curses Routines
  • Moving about & writing to the screen
  • Reading from the screen
  • Input & Output modes
  • Screen Editing
  • Screen Attributes
  • Creating Windows
  • The Window Routines

Makefiles

  • How Make works; The Makefile
  • Multiple-file Programs; Make Variables
  • Suffix Rules; Program Libraries
  • Shell Commands
  • Command Line Options
  • Miscellaneous Features

The Source Code Control System

  • SCCS Tree Structure
  • The admin Command; The Get Command
  • Ungetting a File; The Delta Command
  • Other SCCS Commands
  • Running SCCS from a C Program

The Concurrent Version System

  • CVS Overview
  • Creating a repository
  • Setting up your repository
  • Checking out a working directory
  • Making changes to files
  • Merging changes
  • Committing changes
  • Adding and deleting files
  • Renaming files
  • Writing good log entries
  • Handling conflicts
  • Identifying conflicts
  • Resolving conflicts
  • Understanding conflicts
  • Locking

DURATION

  • FULL Time - 5 Days
  • PART Time - 40 Hours