Porting UNIX Applications to Linux -- Hints and Tips

Did you know that Linux is the number two server operating system in the world today? Are your applications running on Linux today? If not, this paper is intended to give you hints and tips and describes a roadmap on how you can port applications to Linux. It is based on the experiences of software engineers from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and from the worldwide IBM labs, who have been involved in many projects porting applications to Linux.

Technical guide for porting applications from Solaris to Linux, version 1.0

Solaris and Linux are loosely related to Unix, so they ought to be a lot alike, right? Not so - the differences pose a great many "gotchas." Let this technical porting guide show you the ropes for porting your Solaris application to the Linux platform.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-solar/index.html

Solaris-to-Linux porting guide A roadmap to moving your applications over to Linux

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/portingmanager/

PortingManager is a tool that provides assistance when porting C and C++ Solaris applications to Linux platforms, including zSeries Linux. It includes a GUI that displays a work area window where the user selects a source code directory tree to scan. PortingManager will then scan the source code and automatically identify Solaris APIs that may be incompatible with Linux. It provides Linux solutions for these incompatibilities, either in the form of API replacements or suggested work-arounds using coding examples.

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/enable/tools/pdf/linuxhints.pdf  

Did you know that Linux® is the number two server operating system in the world today? Are your applications running on Linux today? If not, this paper is intended to give you hints and tips and describes a roadmap on how you can port applications to Linux. It is based on the experiences of software engineers from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and from the worldwide IBM® labs, who have been involved in many projects porting applications to Linux.

http://www.ibm.com/servers/enable/tools/pdf/linuxhints.pdf  

The .pdf file tells us about porting UNIX Applications to Linux with helpful hints and tips.

http://www.interex.org/pubcontent/enterprise/jul00/09rubin.html

The Article talks about porting Between UNIX and Linux, the Common Pitfalls and Their Solutions

http://solaris.java.sun.com/migration/hpmpe/migstrat/migguide.html

Putting together a migration plan for porting applications across platforms involves both technical and non-technical tasks. This article provides the major guidelines for the top-level technical tasks that you need to plan when migrating applications from HP MPE/iX to the Solaris OE. We describe both the major issues associated with these tasks, and the resources available in this kit for further information and assistance.

http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/portingUNIXapps.html

This article is a continuation of the Migration Primer, which covers the process of porting UNIX[r] applications to the Solaris Operating Environment. This article is written at a high-level. It describes how to: Port UNIX applications to the Solaris Operating Environment (versions 2.6, 7 and 8) Resolve porting issues Take advantage of Solaris Operating Environment migration support services

http://www.interex.org/pubcontent/enterprise/jul00/09rubin.html

The Article talks about porting Between UNIX and Linux, the Common Pitfalls and Their Solutions

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/port/

This book deals with the whole life cycle of porting, from setting up a source tree on your system to correcting platform differences and even testing the executable after it's built.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/solaris_port/c38.html

The Article provides a comprehensive Solaris-to- Red Hat Linux Porting Guide and the various porting problems that you can expect occur in several different areas.