Prof. Stewart Weiss, Department of Computer Science, Hunter College

Course Documents

• Contact Information and Course Requirements
• Rules Regarding Programming Projects
• Preparation for This Class
• Tribute to Dennis Ritchie
• About the Final Exam

Lecture Materials

I have been writing a book, just published by No Starch Press on the topic of this course:
Introduction to System Programming in Linux, Stewart Weiss, ISBN-13: 978-1718503564
It is an introduction to system programming in Unix and Linux. The book is not in print but is available for Early Access. This program allows people to purchase the book before it is published and still in draft, and receive chapters as they become available. The course lectures are based on the book, not the older lecture notes.

The GitHub repository intro-linux-sys-prog is a mirror of the demo programs that can be found on the CSCI Departmental server for the class. It will be synchronized periodically with the repository on that server.

Legacy Lecture Notes

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Programming
• Chapter 2: Login Records, File I/O, and Performance
• Chapter 3: File Systems and the File Hierarchy
• Chapter 4: Controlling File and Terminal I/O
• Chapter 5: Interactive Programs and Signals
• Chapter 6: Event Driven Programming: Timers and Asynchronous I/O
• Chapter 7: Process Architecture and Control
• Chapter 8: Interprocess Communication, Part I
• Chapter 10: Threads and the Pthread Library
• A Tutorial on Creating and Using Software Libraries in UNIX

Slides

• A Tutorial on Using the Linux Command Line

Assignments

• Assignment 1, due February 8, 2024
• Assignment 2, due March 4, 2024
• Assignment 3, due March 25, 2024
• Assignment 4, due April 18, 2024
• Assignment 5, due May 13, 2024