4003-406 Systems Programming I

Term:	20121
Times:	Section 01: 12:00 - 1:50pm MW
	Section 02: 4:00 - 5:50pm MW
Room:	70-3610

Last updated 2012/11/06 11:05:37

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What's New

2012/11/06:
- The final exam topic list has been posted.
2012/10/29:
- Project 4 has been assigned.
2012/10/17:
- I've sent a test message to my mailing list for this course. The list contains everyone's CS email address. You should find a copy in your incoming CS email, or wherever you forward your CS email to (if you have set up email forwarding). If you don't receive the test message, please let me know.
2012/10/15:
- Project 3 has been assigned.
2012/09/29:
- Project 2 has been assigned.
2012/09/26:
- The midterm exam topic list has been posted.
2012/09/16:
- Sample data files and results for Project 1 are now available on both networks, and the get command is active.
2012/09/12:
- Project 1 has been assigned.
2012/09/03:
- Welcome back to RIT!

Description

This course is an introduction to systems programming concepts and techniques. Topics include: the Intel system architecture, its assembly language, the C language, and how to use these tools to interact with the low level hardware and UNIX-style operating systems. (UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.)

Instructor

Name:	Warren R. Carithers
Office:	3617 Golisano (70-3617)
Phone:	(585) 475-5393
Email:	wrc AT cs.rit.edu

Syllabi

4003-406 Syllabus

Course Contents

Below is a tentative topic schedule for the quarter. This may change depending on events during the quarter.

LPI: Kerrisk, The Linux^® Programming Interface
PoC: Reek, Pointers on C
PAL: Blum, Professional Assembly Language
APUE: Stevens & Rago, Advanced Programming in the UNIX^® Environment, Second Edition
SSP: Teer, Solaris^™ Systems Programming
Notes: Examples and in-class material

Week	Relevant Text/Chapter(s)	Topics
1	PoC, APUE 1-3, 5, 7 SSP 1-5 LPI 1-5, 13	Overview; C programming
2	PoC, APUE 1-3, 5, 7 SSP 1-5 LPI 1-5, 13	Overview; C programming
3	PAL, Notes	Assembly language, C/assembly interface
4	PAL, Notes	Assembly language, C/assembly interface
5	Notes	Device programming, Midterm
6	Notes	Device programming, Midterm
7	APUE 8, 9, 11, 12 SSP 7, 14-16 LPI 8, 9, 24-28, 34	Process/thread management
8	APUE 14, 15, 18, 19 SSP 12, 13, 17, 19 LPI 43, 44, 20-22, 62-64	IPC using pipes & FIFOs, signals, terminal i/o
9	APUE 4, 15 SSP 10, 11, 20 LPI 14, 15, 18, 45-48, 51-54	Filesystems, System V and POSIX IPC mechanisms
10	APUE 16 SSP 21, 23 LPI 56-59	Socket/network programming
Finals	---	Final exam: Due electronically by 11:59:59pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012

UNIX^® is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
Solaris is a trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Linux^® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries.