Unix Programming Tools

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Unix Programming Tools
http://kickme.to/tiger/Unix
Programming
Tools
By Parlante, Zelenski, and many others Copyright .1998-99, Stanford University
Introduction
This document explains the overall edit-compile-link-debug programming cycle and
introduces several common Unix programming tools- gcc, make, gdb, emacs, and the
Unix shell. The goal is to describe the major features and typcial uses of the tools and
show how they fit together with enough detail for simple projects.
Contents
Introduction - the compile-link process 1
The gcc compiler/linker 2
The make project utility 4
The gdb debugger 8
The emacs editor 13
Summary of Unix shell commands 15
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This is a beta draft
Note: this is basically a quick-n-dirty handout we’ve used to introduce CS students to the
Unix programming environment. It has not been edited or improved especially before
being added to the CS Education Library. It may get edited and polished up sometime in
the…