Final Study Guide

If I ask about any specific library functions, system calls, or programs that have not been covered in the book or in class, I will give you the manual page.

Some specific topics you should know:

UNIX System

• Standard input, output, error
• pipes and redirection
• aliases and history
• shell variables
• directories and path names
• file manipulation commands (rm(1), cp(1), cat(1), mv(1), rmdir(1))
• sending mail
• the notion of a UID and (primary and secondary) GIDs
• how to read a manual page
• The program maintainer make(1)

C Language

• precedence and order of evaluation of operands
• integer and floating arithmetic
• if/else, switch
• recursion
• arrays, pointers, and their relationship
• scope
• memory allocation
• parameter passing to functions
• while/for/do...while loops
• declarations, functions and function prototypes
• standard I/O (for both binary and text files)
• structures
• dynamic storage allocation
• macros and #define, #include, #ifdef, #ifndef, etc.
• robust programming techniques
• modularity, coupling, and cohesion