1.6 UNIX Operating System Source Code

This is an edited version of the operating system as supplied by Bell Laboratories.

The code selection presumes a “model” system consisting of:

The principal editorial changes to the source code are as follows:

The source code has been printed in double column format with fifty lines per column, giving one hundred lines per sheet (or page). Thus there is a convenient relationship between line numbers and sheet numbers.

A number of summaries have been included at the beginning of the Source Code volume: