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BeOS : porting UNIX applications / Martin C. Brown.

By: Brown, Martin C.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c1998Description: xii, 484 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1558605320 .Subject(s): BeOS (Computer file) | UNIX (Computer file) | Operating systems (Computers) | Application software portingDDC classification: 005.4469
Contents:
Part I: Preparation -- Introduction to the Porting Process -- BeOS Structure -- We're Not in UNIX anymore -- Useful tools -- Sources -- Revisions and Backups -- Part II: The Porting Process -- Getting started -- Configuring the package -- Makefiles -- Configuration Scripts -- Smart Compilers -- bison and flex -- The Compiler and Linker -- The Debugger -- Building the package -- Part III: Writing for the BeOS -- Overview of BeOs Programming -- POSIX -- Kernel Support -- Time Support -- Terminals and Devices -- Files and Directories -- Networking -- Summary.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The BeOS is the exciting new operating system designed natively for the Internet and digital media. Programmers are drawn to the BeOS by its many state-of-the-art features, including pervasive multithreading, a symmetric multiprocessing architecture, and an integrated multithreaded graphics system. The Be engineering team also built in many UNIX-like capabilities as part of a POSIX toolkit. Best of all, the BeOS runs on a variety of Intel architectures and PowerPC platforms and uses off-the-shelf hardware.

This book explores the BeOS from a POSIX programmer's point of view, providing a comprehensive and practical guide to porting UNIX and other POSIX-based software to the BeOS. BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications will help you move your favorite UNIX software to an environment designed from the ground up for high-performance applications.

Includes index.

Part I: Preparation -- Introduction to the Porting Process -- BeOS Structure -- We're Not in UNIX anymore -- Useful tools -- Sources -- Revisions and Backups -- Part II: The Porting Process -- Getting started -- Configuring the package -- Makefiles -- Configuration Scripts -- Smart Compilers -- bison and flex -- The Compiler and Linker -- The Debugger -- Building the package -- Part III: Writing for the BeOS -- Overview of BeOs Programming -- POSIX -- Kernel Support -- Time Support -- Terminals and Devices -- Files and Directories -- Networking -- Summary.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Preparation
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to the Porting Process
  • Chapter 2 BeOS Structure
  • Chapter 3 Were not in UNIX Anymore
  • Chapter 4 Useful Tools
  • Chapter 5 Sources
  • Chapter 6 Revisions and Backups
  • Part II The Porting Process
  • Chapter 7 Getting Started
  • Chapter 8 Configuring the Package
  • Chapter 9 Makefiles
  • Chapter 10 Configuration Scripts
  • Chapter 11 Smart Compilers
  • Chapter 12 Bison and flex
  • Chapter 13 The Compiler and Linker
  • Chapter 14 The Debugger
  • Chapter 15 Building the Package
  • Chapter 16 Overview of BeOS Programming
  • Chapter 17 Posix
  • Chapter 18 Kernel Support
  • Chapter 19 Time Support
  • Chapter 20 Terminals and Devices
  • Chapter 21 Files and Directories
  • Chapter 22 Networking
  • Chapter 23 Summary
  • Appendix A Resources
  • Appendix B Releasing the Software

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Martin C. Brown is one of the most active programmers outside of Be porting UNIX applications to the BeOS. He has worked with most varieties of UNIX, Mac, and Windows systems, doing everything from software development to system administration. When he's not on the job as an IT manager, he is enthusiastically involved in the Be development effort.

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