Interprocess Communications in Linux: The Nooks and Crannies - page 1
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- TOC
- TOC
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Programs and Processes
- Section 1.1. Introduction
- Section 1.2. Library Functions
- Section 1.3. System Calls
- Section 1.4. Linking Object Code
- Section 1.5. Managing Failures
- Section 1.6. Executable File Format
- Section 1.7. System Memory
- Section 1.8. Process Memory
- Section 1.9. The u Area
- Section 1.10. Process Memory Addresses
- Section 1.11. Creating a Process
- Section 1.12. Summary
- Section 1.13. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 2. Processing Environment
- Section 2.1. Introduction
- Section 2.2. Process ID
- Section 2.3. Parent Process ID
- Section 2.4. Process Group ID
- Section 2.5. Permissions
- Section 2.6. Real and Effective User and Group IDs
- Section 2.7. File System Information
- Section 2.8. File Information
- Section 2.9. Process Resource Limits
- Section 2.10. Signaling Processes
- Section 2.11. Command-Line Values
- Section 2.12. Environment Variables
- Section 2.13. The proc Filesystem
- Section 2.14. Summary
- Section 2.15. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 3. Using Processes
- Section 3.1. Introduction
- Section 3.2. The fork System Call Revisited
- Section 3.3. exec s Minions
- Section 3.4. Using fork and exec Together
- Section 3.5. Ending a Process
- Section 3.6. Waiting on Processes
- Section 3.7. Summary
- Section 3.8. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 4. Primitive Communications
- Section 4.1. Introduction
- Section 4.2. Lock Files
- Section 4.3. Locking Files
- Section 4.4. More About Signals
- Section 4.5. Signal and Signal Management Calls
- Section 4.6. Summary
- Section 4.7. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 5. Pipes
- Section 5.1. Introduction
- Section 5.2. Unnamed Pipes
- Section 5.3. Named Pipes
- Section 5.4. Summary
- Section 5.5. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 6. Message Queues
- Section 6.1. Introduction
- Section 6.2. IPC System Calls: A Synopsis
- Section 6.3. Creating a Message Queue
- Section 6.4. Message Queue Control
- Section 6.5. Message Queue Operations
- Section 6.6. A ClientServer Message Queue Example
- Section 6.7. Message Queue Class
- Section 6.8. Summary
- Section 6.9. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 7. Semaphores
- Section 7.1. Introduction
- Section 7.2. Creating and Accessing Semaphore Sets
- Section 7.3. Semaphore Control
- Section 7.4. Semaphore Operations
- Section 7.5. Semaphore Class
- Section 7.6. Summary
- Section 7.7. Key Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 8. Shared Memory
- Section 8.1. Introduction
- Section 8.2. Creating a Shared Memory Segment
- Section 8.3. Shared Memory Control
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