Linux Programming Tools Unveiled - Venkateswarlu, N B

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Résumé :
In the recent years, Linux, a public domain, freely available Unix variant has attracted the people very much. Today&rsquo...

Biographie:
Dr. N. B. Venkateswarlu got his B.Tech from Sv University, Tirupathi, M.Tech from IIT-Kanpur and PhD from BITS, Pilani on the topic of Some Efficient Serial & Parallel Image Processing Algorithms. He started his teaching career in the Computer Science Dept. of BITS Pilani, and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK, during 1993-95. Currently, he is a senior Professor and Head, IT Department of GVP College of Engg, Madhurawada, Visakapatnam. He is also the founder Director of the RITCH Center at Visakhapatnam. He has contributed papers in International Journals and Conferences. He edited/ authored - Introduction to Linux: Installation and Programming, Linux Programming Tools Unveiled and Unix/ Linux FAQ published by BS Publications, Hyderabad...

Sommaire:
s complex production environments demands superior application performance. Linux is having extraordinary advantages such as : complete source code access, availability of exceptional optimization, testing tools. This book is to explore this facet of Linux. Features Explained Linux success stories with emphasis on facilities and tools available in Linux for SW development Explains gcc (GNU) toolchain in detail, combining C and C++, C and Java, and C and Fortran in a lucid manner How command line arguments can be handled by C/C++ programs with getopt, argp library are dealt Discusses about environment variables and their management System limits are explored with their implication of program performance Explains about how assembly programming can be done under Linux How to mix C and assembly, how system calls can be called from assembly, how modules can be developed in assembly and a bare boot (OS) program creation, are discussed in detail. How static and dynamic libraries are A popularly used tool for detecting memory errors, Electric Fence, is explained with concept oriented examples A chapter on Valgrind explained as to how memory can be checked for memory leaks, segment violations, analyze the cache performance in an illustrative manner Describes memory mapping of files, especially for large files and the impact on program&rsquo...