Reference and Links

All projects in this course are written in C. The following links will take you to references for the C programming language and the Git revision control system.

Your primary references should be:

OpenCSF - the course textbook (with LOTS of examples)
POSIX Interface Specification - the official POSIX specification for C functions

In addition, you might find some of the following helpful:

Intro to Git
Practical C Programming
Understanding and Using C Pointers
Using Getopt - Explains how to use getopt() to parse a command line.
Example of Getopt - Provides an example of how to use getopt().
Comparison of Java and C code - This document shows a side-by-side comparison of a simple program written in both C and Java.
C file I/O - This tutorial explains how to read data in from a file. You should pay close attention to the section called Binary file I/O.
More C coding style guidelines
More C coding style guidelines (though his spacing and brace placement is inconsistent)