The Linux Programming Interface

INDEX 1453

Borman, D., 1194
Bostic, K., 1442
Bound, J., 1194
Bourne again shell (bash), 25
Bourne, S., 25
Bourne shell (sh), 3, 25, 154
Bovet (2005), 24, 46, 250, 256, 278, 419,
521, 530, 616, 919, 936, 994,
1015, 1044, 1147, 1422, 1438
Bovet, D.P., 1438
Braden, R., 1194
Brahneborg, D., xxxix
BREAK condition, 1302, 1304, 1318
Brecht, T., 1439
brk(), 140
prototype, 140
RLIMIT_AS resource limit and, 760
RLIMIT_DATA resource limit and, 761
BRKINT constant, 1302, 1304
example of use, 1311
broken pipe (error message). See SIGPIPE
signal
broken-down time, 189
converting to and from printable form,
195–197
converting to time_t, 190
Brouwer, A.E., xxxix
BS0 constant, 1302
BS1 constant, 1302
BSD, 4, 7–8
BSD file locks, 1120
BSD Net/2, 7
BSDi, 8
BSDLY constant, 1302
BSD/OS, 8
bss, 116
Btrfs file system, 261
buffer cache, 233, 234
using direct I/O to bypass, 246–247
buffer overrun, 792
buffering of file I/O, 233–250
diagram, 244
effect of buffer size on performance,
234–236
in the kernel, 233–236, 239–243
overview, 243–244
in the stdio library, 237–239, 249
BUFSIZ constant, 238
Build_ename.sh, 57
built-in command (shell), 576
bus error (error message). See SIGBUS
signal
BUS_ADRALN constant, 441
BUS_ADRERR constant, 441
BUS_MCEERR_AO constant, 441

BUS_MCEERR_AR constant, 441

BUS_OBJERR constant, 441

busy file system, 270

Butenhof (1996), 630, 639, 647, 659, 687,

696, 751, 1105, 1422, 1438

Butenhof, D.R., xxxvi, 1438

byte stream, 879, 890

separating messages in, 910–911

diagram, 911

bzero(), 1166

C

C library, 47–48, 1442

C programming language, 2, 1440, 1444

ANSI 1989 standard, 11

C89 standard, 11, 17

C99 standard, 11, 17

ISO 1990 standard, 11

standards, 10–11

C shell (csh), 4, 25

C89, 11, 17

C99, 11, 17

cache line, 748

calendar time, 185–187

changing, 204–205

calendar_time.c, 191

calloc(), 147–148

example of use, 148

prototype, 148

canceling a thread. See thread cancellation

cancellation point, thread cancellation,

673–674

canonical mode, terminal I/O, 1290,

1305, 1307

Cao, M., 1441

CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL capability, 800

CAP_AUDIT_WRITE capability, 800

CAP_CHOWN capability, 292, 800, 807

CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability, 287, 299,

800, 807

CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability, 299,

800, 807

CAP_FOWNER capability, 76, 168, 287, 288,

300, 303, 308, 800, 807

cap_free(), 808

example of use, 809

CAP_FSETID capability, 304, 800, 807, 1432

cap_get_proc(), 807

example of use, 809

CAP_IPC_LOCK capability, 800, 999, 1012,

1048, 1051

CAP_IPC_OWNER capability, 800, 928, 929

CAP_KILL capability, 402, 800

CAP_LEASE capability, 800