1. New to Unix. Which books should I read?

Hi! I have 1.5 years experience in unix environment and shell scripting. Now, I started learning UNIX internals and network programming. Can you please help in finding the same material on the net Thanks Srinivas. (7 Replies)

2. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

will anybody tell me how can i access all the fields of process table .if there is any structure and a system call please specify . (1 Reply)

3. Programming

I know UNIX user level commands, shell scripts. But i have no idea about kernel level programming and networking. I know the terms semaphore,IPC,socket programming. But i don't know in details what are these. I need to know the following. 1. Unix kernel level programming. 2. Unix Internals. 3.... (4 Replies)

4. Linux

Hi, Does anybody have a good pointer on Linux kernel internals for ARM architecture? I can locate plenty for x86 but since ARM is RISC I think there would be subtle changes. So if somebody has a knowledge of good document on Linux Kernel internals for ARM or even a comparative study of kernel on... (0 Replies)

5. Programming

Hello Gurus, i am ok with the concepts of c language but i would like to know more about the internals of c with respect to the compilers what happens when we say gcc filename.c the a.out will get created(what actaully compiler does to the code inaddition to generating object code) ... (5 Replies)

6. Programming

hey all, im a new programmer. i was wondering how you would go about writing the printf function yourself? it is my understanding that when you call printf you are calling an already written function and just providing an argument? if this is the case, is it possible to write that function... (8 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all , I wanted to know how does a 'mail' command works in unix. Does it use an smtp server internally ? How and where it is configured then ? I am trying to google out the same , but not getting much help. Any suggestions with be of great help. - Andy (5 Replies)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

When we put a breakpoint using gcc then what all things happen internally and how the gdb using break is able to pause the execution of process( instead of killing it ) and later on resume the process execution? (0 Replies)

9. What is on Your Mind?

Hello, Long-time Unix hacker here - I've worked on four variants of the kernel prior to the introduction of Linux. In my spare time, I've written Linux (Ubuntu) device drivers, kernel modules, cross-compiled, and built the kernel. I'd like to do Linux internals/device drivers as a day job,... (1 Reply)