Unix System Programming

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Overview

Subject area

CS

Catalog Number

265

Course Title

Unix System Programming

Description

This course provides an in-depth introduction to the UNIX Operating System and the C Programming Language. Operating systems topics include: UNIX commands, the UNIX File System and its related structures, Editors (ed, vi), the UNIX Command Interpreter (Shell System), System Administration, UNIX Applications Operating Environments, Communicating and Networking through UNIX, as well as a brief history of UNIX and how it relates to the current multi-tasking/multi-user environment. C Programming topics include: The origins of C as part of the UNIX Operating System, grammar and constructs, Data Types, Operators, Expressions, Flow of Control, Functions and Program Structure, Pointers and Arrays, Structures, and I/O. The UNIX/C System Interface is studied via several examples of UNIX system calls from C Programs. The conventional core of the C programming language is covered.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

4

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

4

Requisites

019649

Course Schedule