Successful C for Commercial Unix Developers

Mohamed S. Osman has over 10 years of experience in developing commercial software using UNIX, C, and Relational Databases. He was a member of the Telxon R&D team responsible for prototyping the first laptop computer in America in 1984; has worked as a Project Manager for TRW, Inc.; co-founded AQdata, a leading UNIX/C consulting firm; and was Managing Editor of the Sequent User Resource Forum. He is currently executive vice president of Mega Solution, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.

Introduction. Introduction to C Variables and I/O: Variable Types. Constants Literals Types and Examples. Variable Declarations (Local Only). MegaStandard Variable Naming Conventions. Manual Entry Comprehension. Printing. MAKE. Arithmetic Using Variables and Functions: Arithmetic Operators. Arithmetic Evaluation Rules. Arithmetic Conversion Rules. MegaStandard Conventions. UNIX Math Library. MAKE. Manual Entry Comprehension Using cc(1) and exp(3M). Variables and Functions: Memory and User Space. Variable Classifications. Variable Scope. Function Building. Argument Passing. MegaStandard Conventions. Multi-File Development and Compilation. Conditionals and Loops (Part I): Conditional Operators. Logical Evaluation. if() conditional. switch() conditional. MegaStandard Conventions. Preprocessor and Error Tracing. Characters, Strings, Pointers (Part I): String Internals. String Building. String Comparisons. const specifier. UNIX Manual Comprehension. Strings and Function Building. Conditionals and Loops (Part II): Preprocessor Directives. while() loop. for() loop. MegaStandard Conventions. Function Prototyping and Library Building: Declarations vs. Definitions. void Type Specifier. Function Prototyping. MegaStandard Conventions for Prototyping. Library Creation and Management. Header File Centralization. MAKE. Characters, String, Pointers (Part II): Pointers. Addresses. Functions and Pointers. Characters, String, Pointers (Part III): Comma Operator. Arbitrary Pointers. Arrays. More Addresses. Functions Returning Pointers. Miscellaneous Topics & Applications of Pointers: Conditional Compilation. Type Casting. Typedefs. Command Line Processing. ato-() Functions. Input Parsing and Scanning. System Clock Interfacing. Structures, Unions, and UNIX File I/O: Structures. Unions. Bitwise Operators. Unbuffered File Functions. Buffered File Functions. MegaStandard Conventions. Index. Glossary.