CSC 357 Final Review

• It will cover fork, exec, and signals.
• It will NOT cover threads.
• You will given time to design the program during lecture, then implement and test it in lab.

Lecture Notes Coverage: All

Labs Coverage: All

Programming Assignment Coverage: All, with emphasis on post- midterm programs

K&R Coverage: All Chapters, specifically:

• Chapter 1, all sections
• Chapter 2, excluding Section 2.9
• Chapter 3, excluding Sections 3.6 - 3.8
• Chapter 4, excluding Sections 4.7
• Chapter 5, excluding Section 5.7
• Chapter 6, excluding Section 6.9
• Chapter 7, excluding Sections 7.3, 7.4
• Chapter 8, excluding Sections 8.5, 8.6
• Appendix A, no specific questions from here, but understand it
• Appendix B, excluding Sections B6 - B9, B11

Stevens Coverage: Chapters 1 - 11, 15; specifically:

• Chapter 1: all sections, but it's general material
• Chapter 2: excluding Sections 2.3 - 2.9
• Chapter 3: excluding Sections 3.12 - 3.16
• Chapter 4: excluding Sections 4.8 - 4.11, 4.20, 4.23
• Chapter 5: excluding Sections 5.12 - 5.14
• Chapter 6: excluding Sections 6.4 - 6.9
• Chapter 7: all, except only conceptual understanding of 7.10
• Chapter 8: excluding Sections 8.4, 8.7, 8.8, 8.14
• Chapter 9: excluding Sections 9.10, 9.11, and details of specific UNIX implementations
• Chapter 10: excluding Sections 10.7, 10.13, 10.15 - 10.17, 10.21
• Chapter 11: all sections
• Chapter 15: only Sections 15.1 and 15.2, excluding all other sections

Particular Emphases:

• C arrays, structs, and pointers.
• Writing C functions.
• Use of function pointers.
• System calls you used in the programs and labs.

Specifically not Covered:

• Details of gcc
• Details of make
• Doxygen
• Details of shell programming