Systems Programming (Semester 1, 2012)

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Recommended Textbook

Print Edition

William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 7/E, Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN-10: 013230998X, ISBN-13: 978-0132309981.

eBook

William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, CourseSmart eTextbook, 7/E, 2011. ISBN-10: 0132310007, ISBN-13: 978-0132310000.

PowerPoints and Supplementary Material

• Lecture presentation slides
• Original PowerPoint slides for the textbook

Web Pages

Tutorials and Guides

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners, Surrey University, England
• UNIXhelp for Users, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Beej's Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication

Standards and APIs

• POSIX IEEE 1003.1, ISO/IEC 9945 (currently Version 3 of the Single Unix Specification)

eBooks available at Griffith University

• Using UNIX
• Real-Time Systems: Scheduling, Analysis, and Verification
• Using MPI: Portable Parallel Computing with the Message-Passing Interface

Online Help

• Manual Pages
• Info System
• GDB Quick Reference

Latest Announcements

03/04/2012

Assignment 2 is now available!

27/02/2012

Assignment 1 is now available!

25/02/2012

Please note that labs start in week 1