A Tutorial for C/C++ Programming on Linux

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C/C++ programming on Linux and answer any queries they have. This tutorial is to help them getting started. on their own. A lot of these students also tell …

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A Tutorial for
C/C++ Programming on Linux
Shridhar Daithankar
September 5th, 2004
Page 1 of 18Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Starting C programming with Linux……………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Basic Checks…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
The first encounter……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5
C/C++ Compiler……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5
Command-line Options……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5
Libraries…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7
Using libraries in programs……………………………………………………………………………………………………..7
Types of libraries………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7
Creating a library………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8
Libraries and running a program………………………………………………………………………………………………8
The C/C++ programming environment…………………………………………………………………………………………10
Man pages for C calls…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10
C/C++ standard library documentation……………………………………………………………………………………10
STL documentation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10
Debugging……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10
Preparing and debugging the program…………………………………………………………………………………………..11
Breakpoints and variable values………………………………………………………………………………………………….12
Changing variable values…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
GDB command reference…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
What do I miss from Turbo C?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
Headers…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
dos.h………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
conio.h………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
Graphics………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Whats next?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Further reading…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
Make…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
Autoconf……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
Automake…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
Version Control Systems……………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
Alternate Operating Systems……………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
Contact information………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
Editors…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15
Vi…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16
Pico………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16
Joe………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….16
Others…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….16
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17
Brief Vi command reference……………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
File Handling ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17
Editing……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
Navigation………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
Buffer Handling………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
Setting Options……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18
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