Index_C

C

C applications, debugging with GDB, 438447

.c files, 28

C programming language

GNU system libraries, 12

main function, 309, 443

pipelining commands in, 142143

C Unit Test system (cut), 425430

caches, optimizing, 92

call graphs produced by gprof, 8990

case construct, 356358

cat command, 330

˜catching a signal, 178180

CD-ROM, about, 471

character interfaces, 117119

characters

position specifications, and cut, 337338

range of, 375

child processes, 179181

children subprocesses, 174

chmod command, 347

client/server model in Sockets applications, 151152

clone API, creating processes with, 174

close function, 140, 152, 155, 157

code

architecture-dependent , 17

hardening techniques, 453465

optimizing, 3338

source. See source code

tracing, 463465

using compiler to identify issues, 462

command-line

awk, 382385

passing arguments in C, 309

utilities. See specific utility

command shell. See bash shell

commands

See also specific command

GNU/Linux, 329344

invoking, 333334

system, 204207

comments, autoconf format, 104

Common Public License, 20

communication, inter-process. See IPC (inter-process communication)

compiler tool chain, gcov utility and, 77

compilers

GNU compiler toolchain (GCC), 2733, 77

lexical analysis and grammar parsing phases, 396397

using to identify code issues, 462

compiling

by hand, 4243

stages of, 2829

condition variables , structures in bash scripting, 351358

configuration file lexical analyzer, 406412

configure script, 101

configuring

message queues, 235236

semaphores, 263264

connect function, 152, 162

cont command, 444445

converting time to ASCII string, 316

˜ copy-on-write and fork, 185

core dumps, debugging, 450451

CPPFLAGS variable, 103

CPUs, supported for x86 (table), 37

creating

binary in compiled language, 41

file handles, 114

functions in bash scripts, 363364

Makefiles, 4446

message queues, 234235

named pipes, 144

semaphores, 259260

shared memory segments, 284286

sockets, 158159

thread condition variables, 222220

threads, 210211

critical section in semaphore, 256

ctime function, 316

cut (C Unit Test system), 425430

cut utility, 336338

cutgen.py, 424, 429430