Beos: Porting Unix Applications

ISBN-13: 9781558605329 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 496 str.

Martin C. Brown

Opis

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.

* Supports BeOS Release 3

* Provides a step-by-step guide to the porting process from downloading the source code to installing the application

* Explains how to port off-the-shelf utilities like Emacs and Perl as well as your own programs and tools to the BeOS

* Offers a comprehensive POSIX reference for anyone who is porting or writing software for the BeOS

* Furnishes a simple catalog of tools and features available on the BeOS

Spis treści

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