1. CISC 361 Operating Systems Midterm Review
Chien-Chung Shen

2. March 20, Wednesday C pointer and struct malloc() and free()
sizeof()
malloc() and free()
C string and associated library functions
strcpy(), strcmp(), strlen()
Gdb
given only an executable file that had been compiled with –g flag, use gdb to run the executable, observe bug(s), view the source code, print values (addresses) of variables (pointers), and state how to fix bug(s)
gdb commands of run, list, print, break, next, step, etc.
Makefile
Valgrind – definite and indirect leaks

3. Both Days Process creation (OSTEP Chapter 5) fork()
wait() and waitpid()

4. March 22, Friday PATH environment variable
Shell commands: which and where
Unix pipe (Stevens & Rago’s Chapter 15.2)