01-10-2007
Wow... I'm not sure where to start here...
Yes unix is multi tasking. User's can log into one box and using a variety of tool/apps work or store their information on another box. The name on the box is most likely a “hostname”. So to move (not physically) to another box you could "telnet" to box 3 and use your login in there (assuming you have a login there) even though you're still at box 1. Maybe someone can suggest a beginning UNIX book or just do some google searches on client/server definitions and relationships.
For your second question, the admin there most likely has your login set up to point to a common storage space so any machine can access files. It makes it easier to manage and more efficient. If you think of one box as a single stand alone entity you're missing the whole networking picture.
hth's
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end
GET_END(3) Library Functions Manual GET_END(3)
NAME
get_end, get_etext, get_edata - get values of UNIX link editor defined symbols
SYNOPSIS
#include <mach-o/getsect.h>
unsigned long get_end();
unsigned long get_etext();
unsigned long get_edata();
DESCRIPTION
These routines provide a stopgap measure to programs that use the UNIX link-editor defined symbols. Use of these routines is very strongly
discouraged. The problem is that any program that is using UNIX link editor defined symbols (_end, _etext or _edata) is making assumptions
that the program has the memory layout of a UNIX program.
This is an incorrect assumption for a program built by the Mach-O link editor. The reason that these routines are provided is that if very
minimal assumptions about the layout are used and the default format and memory layout of the Mach-O link editor is used to build the pro-
gram, some things may work by using the values returned by these routines in place of the addresses of their UNIX link-editor defined sym-
bols. So use at your own risk, and only if you know what your doing. Or better yet, convert the program to use the appropriate Mach or
Mach-O functions. If you are trying to allocate memory use vm_allocate(2), if you are trying to find out about your address space use
vm_region(2) and if you are trying to find out where your program is loaded use the dyld(3) functions.
The values of the UNIX link-editor defined symbols _etext, _edata and _end are returned by the routines get_etext, get_edata, and get_end
respectively. In a Mach-O file they have the following values: get_etext returns the first address after the (__TEXT,__text) section, note
this my or may not be the only section in the __TEXT segment. get_edata returns the first address after the (__DATA,__data) section, note
this my or may not be the last non-zero fill section in the __DATA segment. get_end returns the first address after the last segment in
the executable, note a shared library may be loaded at this address.
SEE ALSO
ld(1), dyld(3)
Apple Computer, Inc. April 10, 1998 GET_END(3)