Port Your UNIX® Applications to Linux®-Quickly, Efficiently, and ReliablyIncreasingly, developers, architects, and project managers face the challenge of porting their C, C++, and Java applications from UNIX® to Linux® environments. Now, there's a definitive, start-to-finish guide to porting applications from today's most widely used UNIX platforms: Solaris™, HP-UX, and AIX®. Three of IBM's most-experienced Linux porting specialists lead you through your entire project: scoping, analysis, recoding, and testing. They present a start-to-finish porting methodology, realistic discussions of key porting tasks, and a questionnaire for assessing the work involved in any new project. You'll discover what Linux offers in terms of APIs, library functions, versioning, system features, and tools-and the implications for your project. Next, the authors address each individual UNIX® platform in detail, identifying specific porting challenges and best-practice solutions. Coverage includes · Understanding the Linux environment: GNU binutils, Java environments, shells, packaging options, and more· Uncovering and addressing project unknowns, variables, and other risks· Handling specific platform differences: standards, compilers, linkers, versioning, system/library calls, threads, and more · Testing and debugging ported applications using the GNU debugger and Linux memory leak and performance tracing tools · Contains quick references to UNIX® and Linux APIs, compilers, and linker options, and a discussion of porting issues unique to IBM's POWER™ architecture Whether you need a start-to-finish guide or a concise reference, you'll find this book an indispensable resource for all your UNIX®-to-Linux porting projects.
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ISBN | 9780131871090 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Pearson Academic |
Jahr | 2006 |
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