Interprocess Communication in Linux 

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• 1. TOC

• 2. Copyright

  Copyright Dedication

• 3. Introduction

  Introduction

• 4. Acknowledgments

  Acknowledgments

• 5. Chapter 1. Programs and Processes

  Chapter 1. Programs and Processes

• 6. Section 1.1. Introduction

  1.1 Introduction

• 7. Section 1.2. Library Functions

  1.2 Library Functions

• 8. Section 1.3. System Calls

  1.3 System Calls

• 9. Section 1.4. Linking Object Code

  1-1 EXERCISE 1-2 EXERCISE 1-3 EXERCISE 1.4 Linking Object Code

• 10. Section 1.5. Managing Failures

  1-4 EXERCISE 1-5 EXERCISE 1-6 EXERCISE 1.5 Managing Failures

• 11. Section 1.6. Executable File Format

  1-7 EXERCISE 1.6 Executable File Format

• 12. Section 1.7. System Memory

  1.7 System Memory

• 13. Section 1.8. Process Memory

  1.8 Process Memory

• 14. Section 1.9. The u Area

  1.9 The u Area

• 15. Section 1.10. Process Memory Addresses

  1-8 EXERCISE 1.10 Process Memory Addresses

• 16. Section 1.11. Creating a Process

  1-9 EXERCISE 1.11 Creating a Process

• 17. Section 1.12. Summary

  1.12 Summary

• 18. Section 1.13. Key Terms and Concepts

  1.13 Key Terms and Concepts

• 19. Chapter 2. Processing Environment

  Chapter 2. Processing Environment

• 20. Section 2.1. Introduction

  2.1 Introduction

• 21. Section 2.2. Process ID

  2.2 Process ID

• 22. Section 2.3. Parent Process ID

  2-1 EXERCISE 2.3 Parent Process ID

• 23. Section 2.4. Process Group ID

  2-2 EXERCISE 2.4 Process Group ID

• 24. Section 2.5. Permissions

  2-3 EXERCISE 2.5 Permissions

• 25. Section 2.6. Real and Effective User and Group IDs

  2.6 Real and Effective User and Group IDs

• 26. Section 2.7. File System Information

  2-4 EXERCISE 2-5 EXERCISE 2.7 File System Information

• 27. Section 2.8. File Information

  2-6 EXERCISE 2-7 EXERCISE 2-8 EXERCISE 2.8 File Information

• 28. Section 2.9. Process Resource Limits

  2-9 EXERCISE 2.9 Process Resource Limits

• 29. Section 2.10. Signaling Processes

  2-10 EXERCISE 2.10 Signaling Processes

• 30. Section 2.11. Command-Line Values

  interprocess communication environment variables

• 31. Section 2.12. Environment Variables

  2-12 EXERCISE 2.12 Environment Variables

• 32. Section 2.13. The proc Filesystem

  2-13 EXERCISE 2-14 EXERCISE 2.13 The proc Filesystem

• 33. Section 2.14. Summary

  2.14 Summary

• 34. Section 2.15. Key Terms and Concepts

  2.15 Key Terms and Concepts

• 35. Chapter 3. Using Processes

  Chapter 3. Using Processes

• 36. Section 3.1. Introduction

  3.1 Introduction

• 37. Section 3.2. The fork System Call Revisited

  3-1 EXERCISE 3.2 The fork System Call Revisited

• 38. Section 3.3. exec s Minions

  3-2 EXERCISE 3.3 exec s Minions

• 39. Section 3.4. Using fork and exec Together

  3-3 EXERCISE 3-4 EXERCISE 3-5 EXERCISE 3-6 EXERCISE 3.4 Using fork and exec Together

• 40. Section 3.5. Ending a Process

  3-7 EXERCISE 3.5 Ending a Process

• 41. Section 3.6. Waiting on Processes

  3-8 EXERCISE 3-9 EXERCISE 3-10 EXERCISE 3-11 EXERCISE 3-12 EXERCISE 3-13 EXERCISE 3.6 Waiting on Processes

• 42. Section 3.7. Summary

  3.7 Summary

• 43. Section 3.8. Key Terms and Concepts

  3.8 Key Terms and Concepts

• 44. Chapter 4. Primitive Communications

  Chapter 4. Primitive Communications

• 45. Section 4.1. Introduction

  4.1 Introduction

• 46. Section 4.2. Lock Files

  4-1 EXERCISE 4-2 EXERCISE 4-3 EXERCISE 4.2 Lock Files

• 47. Section 4.3. Locking Files

  4-4 EXERCISE 4-5 EXERCISE 4.3 Locking Files

• 48. Section 4.4. More About Signals

  4-6 EXERCISE 4-7 EXERCISE 4.4 More About Signals

• 49. Section 4.5. Signal and Signal Management Calls

  4-8 EXERCISE 4-9 EXERCISE 4-10 EXERCISE 4-11 EXERCISE 4-12 EXERCISE 4-13 EXERCISE 4.5 Signal and Signal Management Calls

• 50. Section 4.6. Summary

  4.6 Summary

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