End matter

After the 64 chapters, we have a few pieces chasing up at the end:

• Appendix A: Tracing System Calls
  An introduction to tracing system call execution using strace(1).
  
  
• Appendix B: Parsing Command-line Options
  This appendix describes the use of the getopt() library function to parse command-line arguments. Many of the example programs in the book use getopt().
  
  
• Appendix C: Casting the NULL Pointer
  Why is it necessary to use a (char *) cast for the NULL pointer given as an argument to variadic functions such as execl()?
  
  
• Appendix D: Kernel Configuration
  A short guide to configuring the Linux kernel.
  
  
• Appendix E: Further Sources of Information
  A survey of various places to look for information on topics related to the book.
  
  
• Appendix F: Solutions to Selected Exercises
  
  
• Bibliography
  
  
• Index
  It looks like the index will come in at over 50 pages!