Contents Chapter 1 frrtroduction 1.1 The Main Functions 1-1 1.2 Using the OS Functions 1-1 1.3 The File System... 1-2 1.4 Process Management 1-3 1.5 Memory Management 1-4 1.6 Exceptions and Events 1-5 1.7 interprocess Crjrnrnunicatlon....
1-5 1.8 Using the OS Interface 1-6 1.9 Running Programs under the OS 1-6 1.10 Writing Programs That Use the OS 1-6 Chapter 2 The File System 2.1 File Names 2-1 2.2 The Working Directory 2-2 2.3 Devices 2-3 2.4 Storage Devices 2-3 2.5 The Volume Catalog 2-4 2.6 Labels...., 2-4 2.7 Logical and Physical End of File 2-4 2.8 File Access 2-5 2.9 Pipes 2-6 2.10 File System Calls 2-7 Chapter 3 Processes 3.1 Process Structure 3-2 3.2 Process Hierarchy 3-2 3.3 Process Creation 3-3 3.4 Process Control 3-3 3.5 Process Scheduling 3-3 3.6 Process Termination 3-4 3.7 A Process-Handling Example 3-5 3.8 Process System Calls 3-7 029-0415-A V