GNU/Linux Programming

The course introduces the developer to the basics of using a GNU/Linux system from the command-line, system software development, and network programming.

The filesystem hierarchy, process and job control, Emacs text editor, system boot sequence, package management is covered under using GNU/Linux. Buffered and unbuffered file I/O, process control and signals are covered under system software programming. Networking layers, networking commands, TCP sockets, UDP sockets and multiplexed I/O are covered under network programming.

• Basic computer and internet usage.

• C programming knowledge.

• Duration: 60 hours

• Span: 5 weeks

Command Line Basics

• History of GNU/Linux

• Logging On To The System

• Changing Your Password

• Using UNIX Commands

• File and Directory Commands

• Getting Help

• Logging Off The System

The Filesystem

• Hierarchical File Structure

• File Types

• File Names

• Pathnames

• Access Permissions

• Mounting

Shell Basics

• What is the Shell?

• Processes

• Job Control

• Redirection

• Variables

• Quoting

• Pipes and Filters

• Scripting Introduction

Emacs

• Emacs Screen

• Cut, Copy, Paste

• Undo

• Search, Find and Replace

• Handling Multiple Files - Concept of Buffers

• Viewing Multiple Files - Concept of Windows

• Editing Modes

• Getting Help

System Boot Sequence

• Overview

• Role of Bootloader

• Specifying Boot Arguments

• Role of Ramfs

• Role of Init

• Runlevels

• Getty and Login

• Bash Login Script

Package Management

• Installing Packages using apt-get

• Removing Packages

• Listing Packages

• Compiling Packages from source

File I/O

• File Descriptors

• Opening and Closing Files

• Reading and Writing to Files Sequentially

• Reposition Read/Write File Offset

• File Tables and File Descriptor Tables

• Streams

• Buffering

• Opening and Closing Streams

• Unformatted Text I/O

• Unformatted Binary I/O

• Positioning a Stream

• Formatted Text I/O

• Temporary Files

Date and Time

• Getting System Time

• Displaying Time

• Finding out Elapsed Time

• Sleeping

Basic Process Control

• Process ID

• Creating a New Process

• Getting Exit Status of a Process

• Executing a Program

• Process Termination and Exit Status

Signals

• Signal Basics

• Handling Signals

• Interrupted Syscalls

• Sending Signals

• Timers

• Advanced Signal Handling

Networking Overiew

• TCP/IP Layers

• IP Address

• Networking Devices

• Accessing a System Remotely

• Transfering Files Between Systems

Introduction to Sockets

• Socket Address Structures

• Value-Result Arguments

• Byte Ordering Functions

• Byte Manipulation Functions

• inet_aton, inet_addr, and inet_ntoa Functions

• inet_pton and inet_ntop Functions

• Domain Name System

• gethostbyname Function

TCP Sockets

• socket Function

• connect Function

• bind Function

• listen Function

• accept Function

• fork and exec Functions

• Concurrent Servers

• close Function

• getsockname and getpeername Functions

• TCP/IP client servers

UDP Sockets

• recvfrom and sendto Functions

• connect Function with UDP

• UDP Issues

Advanced I/O

• Non-blocking I/O

• I/O Multiplexing