mca Syllabus

Advanced Unix programming
Code: MCA E503A
CONTACTS: 3L + 1 T
CREDITS: 4
Organisation of Unix. User interface, Programmer interface. The environment of Unix process System calls. Process control, File related system calls.

Process related system calls. Signals programming using system calls. Advanced I/O multiplexing.

Memory mapped I/O. Inter-process communication: Pipes, shared memory, semaphores, messages. Advanced inter-process communications. Streams, Pipes, Open server.

Basics of Visual programming tools like X-windows.

Books:
1.Design of UNIX Operating System, Bach,PHI
2.Your UNIX: The Ultimate Guide, Sumitava Das, TMH
3. UNIX Systems Administration, Maxwell, TMH
4.UNIX Power Tools,Powers,SPD/O’REILLY
5.Essentials of System Administration,Frisch,SPD/O’REILLY
6.UNIX File Systems:Evaluation, Design & Implementation, Steve D. Pate, Wiley Dreamtech