Key Terms and Concepts
header
header
header
header
client process
client stub
CLIENT typedef
clnt_broadcast library call
clnt_create library call
clnt_destroy library call
clnt_pcreateerror library call
clnt_perror library call
deserialization
gdb debugging of RPC programs
gethostbyaddr network function
gethostbyname network call
getrpcbyname network call
hostname command
htons network call
inet_ntoa network call
LDLIBS
make utility
mangled function names
memset function
pmap_getport library call
protocol definition file
publicprivate key authentication
readdir library function
rexec library function
rexecd remote execution server
RPC (remote procedure call)
RPC filters
RPC makefile
RPC program number
RPC template file
RPC version number
RPC_NOBROADCAST
RPC_UNKNOWNADDR
RPC_UNKNOWNHOST
RPC_UNKNOWNPROTO
rpcent structure
rpcgen command
rpcgen utility
RPCGENFLAGS
rpcinfo command
rsh (remote shell command)
serialization
server process
server stub
ssh (Secure Shell command)
ssh-keygen command
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
transport protocol
ttyname library call
UDP (Unreliable Datagram Protocol)
XDR (External Data Representation)
xdr_char function
xdr_line function
xdr_vector function
Programs and Processes
- Introduction
- Library Functions
- System Calls
- Linking Object Code
- Managing Failures
- Executable File Format
- System Memory
- Process Memory
- The u Area
- Process Memory Addresses
- Creating a Process
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Processing Environment
- Introduction
- Process ID
- Parent Process ID
- Process Group ID
- Permissions
- Real and Effective User and Group IDs
- File System Information
- File Information
- Process Resource Limits
- Signaling Processes
- Command-Line Values
- Environment Variables
- The /proc Filesystem
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Using Processes
- Introduction
- The fork System Call Revisited
- exec s Minions
- Using fork and exec Together
- Ending a Process
- Waiting on Processes
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Primitive Communications
- Introduction
- Lock Files
- Locking Files
- More About Signals
- Signal and Signal Management Calls
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Pipes
Message Queues
- Introduction
- IPC System Calls: A Synopsis
- Creating a Message Queue
- Message Queue Control
- Message Queue Operations
- A ClientServer Message Queue Example
- Message Queue Class
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Semaphores
- Introduction
- Creating and Accessing Semaphore Sets
- Semaphore Control
- Semaphore Operations
- Semaphore Class
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Shared Memory
- Introduction
- Creating a Shared Memory Segment
- Shared Memory Control
- Shared Memory Operations
- Using a File as Shared Memory
- Shared Memory Class
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Remote Procedure Calls
- Introduction
- Executing Remote Commands at a System Level
- Executing Remote Commands in a Program
- Transforming a Local Function Call into a Remote Procedure
- Debugging RPC Applications
- Using RPCGEN to Generate Templates and a MAKEFILE
- Encoding and Decoding Arbitrary Data Types
- Using Broadcasting to Search for an RPC Service
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Sockets
- Introduction
- Communication Basics
- IPC Using Socketpair
- Sockets: The Connection-Oriented Paradigm
- Sockets: The Connectionless Paradigm
- Multiplexing I/O with select
- Peeking at Data
- Out of Band Messages
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
Threads
- Introduction
- Creating a Thread
- Exiting a Thread
- Basic Thread Management
- Thread Attributes
- Scheduling Threads
- Using Signals in Threads
- Thread Synchronization
- Thread-Specific Data
- Debugging Multithreaded Programs
- Summary
- Nomenclature and Key Concepts
Appendix A. Using Linux Manual Pages
Appendix B. UNIX Error Messages
Appendix C. RPC Syntax Diagrams
Appendix D. Profiling Programs
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