Practical System Programming with C

1. Introduction to Linux Environment- Getting familiar with Linux Kernel- Linux Kernel V/S Other OS Kernels.- File Handling Utilities- Process Utilities- Network Utilities- Backup Utilities.2. Implementation of Multithreading with C- Introduction to Threads- Threads V/S process- Introduction to Multithreading.- Importance of Multithreading.- Support of Multithreading in C- Creation of threads.- Practical Examples of Multithreading.- Use cases of Multithreading.3. Getting Started with System Programming- Understanding the POSIX Standard.- Introduction to API's- Importance of API's- Inbuilt API's in C4. Files and Directories- Basic concepts in files- Files meta i-nodes- System Calls for Files- I/O Operations for Files- File Permissions.- Soft and Hard Links- System call for Directories.5. Processes and Signals- Introduction to process Environment- Environment Variables- Kernel Support for Processes- Process Creation- Concept of the Zombie process- Concept of Orphan Process- System Calls for Process management- Introduction to Signals- System calls for signals- Types of Signals6. Inter process Communication (IPC)- Introduction to IPC- Types of IPC- Creation of Named PIPES- Creation of UN-Named PIPES- Concept of Message Queues- Implementation of Message Queues- Concept of Semaphore- Implementation of Semaphore.- API for Named and unnamed PIPES- API for Message Queues- API for Semaphore.7. Shared Memory- Introduction to Shared Memory.- Kernel Support for Shared Memory.- Implementation of Shared Memory.- API for Shared Memory.8. Socket Programming- Introduction to Sockets- IPC Over Networks- API for Socket Programming- OSI Layer Protocol- TCP/IP Protocol- Client Server Architecture.- System calls for Socket Programming.- Implementation of Single Client Server Architecture.- Implementation of Multiple Client Server Architecture.9. Advanced Topics and Directions.

Sri Manikanta Palakollu is a programmer and software developer with experience in C, C++, Java, and Python as well as Linux, POSIX, and other operating system-level programming. He is a tech reviewer for various tech book publishers. Sri also contributes to various open source projects.