First Edition (October 1997)

Trademarks and Acknowledgements

About This Book

Chapter 1. Tools and Utilities

Chapter 2. The Curses Library

Chapter 3. Debugging Programs
adb Debug Program Overview
Getting Started with the adb Debug Program
Controlling Program Execution
Using adb Expressions
Customizing the adb Debug Program
Computing Numbers and Displaying Text
Displaying and Manipulating the Source File with the adb Program
adb Debug Program Reference Information
Example adb Program: adbsamp
Example adb Program: adbsamp2
Example adb Program: adbsamp3
Example of Directory and i-node Dumps in adb Debugging
Example of Data Formatting in adb Debugging
Example of Tracing Multiple Functions in adb Debugging
dbx Symbolic Debug Program Overview
Using the dbx Debug Program
Displaying and Manipulating the Source File with the dbx debug Program
Examining Program Data
Debugging at the Machine Level with dbx
Customizing the dbx Debugging Environment
List of dbx Subcommands

Chapter 4. Error Notification

Chapter 5. File Systems and Directories

Chapter 6. Floating-Point Exceptions

Chapter 7. Input and Output Handling

Chapter 8. Large Program Support

Chapter 9. Parallel Programming

Chapter 10. Programming on Multiprocessor Systems

Chapter 11. Threads Programming Guidelines

Chapter 12. lex and yacc Program Information

Chapter 13. Logical Volume Programming

Chapter 14. make Command Overview

Chapter 15. m4 Macro Processor Overview

Chapter 16. National Language Support

Chapter 17. Object Data Manager (ODM)

Chapter 18. sed Program Information

Chapter 19. Shared Libraries and Shared Memory

Chapter 20. Packaging Software for Installation

Chapter 21. AIX Documentation Search Service

Chapter 22. Software Vital Product Data (SWVPD)

Chapter 23. Source Code Control System (SCCS)

Chapter 24. Subroutines, Example Programs, and Libraries

Chapter 25. System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)

Chapter 26. System Resource Controller

Chapter 27. Trace Facility

Chapter 28. TTY Subsystem

Chapter 29. High-Resolution Time Measurements Using PowerPC Time Base or POWER Real-Time Clock

Chapter 30. Loader Domains

Chapter 31. Power Management-Aware Application Program