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1 online resource (720 pages) : illustrations |
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Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Ser. |
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Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Ser.
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| Summary |
Annotation <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Port Your UNIXApplications to LinuxQuickly, Efficiently, and Reliably <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Increasingly, developers, architects, and project managers face the challenge of porting their C, C++, and Java applications from UNIXto Linuxenvironments. Now, theres a definitive, start-to-finish guide to porting applications from todays most widely used UNIX platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Three of IBMs most-experienced Linux porting specialists lead you through your entire project: scoping, analysis, recoding, and testing. They present a start-to-finish porting methodology, realistic discussions of key porting tasks, and a questionnaire for assessing the work involved in any new project. Youll discover what Linux offers in terms of APIs, library functions, versioning, system features, and toolsand the implications for your project. Next, the authors address each individual UNIXplatform in detail, identifying specific porting challenges and best-practice solutions. Coverage includes <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Understanding the Linux environment: GNU binutils, Java environments, shells, packaging options, and more <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Uncovering and addressing project unknowns, variables, and other risks <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Handling specific platform differences: standards, compilers, linkers, versioning, system/library calls, threads, and more <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Testing and debugging ported applications using the GNU debugger and Linux memory leak and performance tracing tools <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> Contains quick references to UNIXand Linux APIs, compilers, and linker options, and a discussion of porting issues unique to IBMs POWERarchitecture <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Whether you need a start-to-finish guide or a concise reference, youll find this book an indispensable resource for all your UNIX-to-Linux porting projects. <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> |
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Scholarly & Professional Prentice Hall PTR. |
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Linux.
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UNIX (Computer file)
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Linux (Système d'exploitation des ordinateurs) |
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UNIX (Système d'exploitation des ordinateurs) |
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Linux. |
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UNIX (Computer file) |
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Operating systems.
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Unix (Computer Operating System) |
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Linux (Computer Operating System) |
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Computers -- Operating Systems -- Unix. |
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Computers -- Operating Systems -- Linux. |
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
| Added Author |
Walker, Artis, author.
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Mendoza, Alfredo, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Skawratananond, Chakarat. Unix to Linux Porting. E Rutherford : Prentice Hall PTR April 2006 Old Tappan : Pearson Education [distributor] (DLC) 2006000234 |
| ISBN |
9780131871090 |
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0131871099 (Perfect) |
| Standard No. |
076092039174 |
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9780131871090 |
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