Contents

• Introduction to UNIX
  • Logging on to cheetah
  • Directory structure.
  • File and Directory Manipulation
    • Commands to manipulate a directory
    • Commands to manipulate a file
    • Commands to set the access permissions for files and directories
• Compiling and Running C Programs
  • Compiling
  • Running Programs
  • Execution Monitoring
• Debugging tools
  • Debugging the core dumps:
  • Following are possible causes of a core dump:
  • Debugging infinite loops:
  • Following are the possible causes of an infinite loop:
  • Some useful hints to debug programs:
• Performance Enhancing Tools
  • Handling your Programs Efficiently: The Make Utility:
    • Preparing the Makefile:
  • Improving the Efficiency of your Programs - Pixie and Prof
    • Pixie Utility
    • Prof Utility
      • Example:
• An Example C Program
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