Part I	Preparation
Part II	The Porting Process
Part III	Writing for the BeOS
Chapter 16	Overview of BeOS Programming
16.1	Program Styles
16.2	Be Style
16.3	Unix Style
Chapter 17	POSIX
17.1	What Is POSIX?
17.2	POSIX and Unix
17.3	The BeOS and POSIX
17.4	Effects on Porting
Chapter 18	Kernel Support
18.1	Datatypes
18.2	Resource Limits
18.3	Memory Handling
18.4	Users and Groups
18.5	Processes
18.6	Signals
18.7	Interprocess Communication
18.8	System Calls
18.9	Regular Expressions
18.10	Nonlocal Jumps
18.11	Moving and Copying Memory
18.12	String Handling
18.13	Variable Argument Lists
Chapter 19	Time Support
19.1	Standard Variables and Defines
19.2	Time Zones
19.3	Time Calculations
19.4	Getting the Time
19.5	Setting the Time
19.6	Timers
19.7	System Information
Chapter 20	Terminals and Devices
20.1	Using I/O Devices
20.2	Working with Terminals
20.3	Device Drivers
Chapter 21	Files and Directories
21.1	General Functions
21.2	Streams
21.3	Unix File Descriptors
21.4	Utility Functions
21.5	File Systems
21.6	select and poll
Chapter 22	Networking
22.1	Sockets
22.2	Utility Functions
22.3	Using select
22.4	Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
Chapter 23	Summary
Appendix A	Resources
	FTP
	Web Sites
	Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
	CD-ROMs
	Compatibility and Utility Software
Appendix B	Releasing the Software
	Checking the Compilation
	Packaging
	Adding a License
	Distribution
	Contacting the Author

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