Prentice-Hall Documents

Introduction to OSF DCE
ISBN 0-13-185810-6

The Introduction to OSF DCE (this manual) provides an overview of DCE and serves as an introduction to the rest of the DCE documentation. It also contains the glossary of terms used in DCE documentation.

OSF DCE Application Development Guide
The OSF DCE Application Development Guide consists of the following three volumes.

· OSF DCE Application Development Guide - Introduction and Style Guide
ISBN 0-13-185877-7

· OSF DCE Application Development Guide - Core Components
ISBN 0-13-185885-8

· OSF DCE Development Guide - Directory Services
ISBN 0-13-185893-9

This guide is targeted for the distributed application programmer. It provides conceptual and task-oriented information for developing an application by using DCE. The Introduction and Style Guide first describes programming with DCE in general, using its various components and facilities. Next it describes relevant issues regarding distributed applications.

The Core Components volume describes the APIs for the various DCE components. The Directory Services volume describes the DCE naming and access to CDS through XDS, the use of the X/Open Directory Service Interface, and the Object Classification Tables and other information on XDS, X.500 Directory, and GDS objects.

OSF DCE Application Development Reference
OSF DCE Application Development Reference, Volume 1
ISBN 0-13-185869-6

OSF DCE Application Development Reference, Volume 2
ISBN 0-13-241464-3

The OSF DCE Application Development Reference provides reference material for the DCE programming interfaces. It also has command references for a few commands needed by the DCE programmer; in particular, those used with the RPC component. Volume 1 covers the DCE, RPC, and directory service calls; Volume 2 covers the threads, DTS, and security calls.

OSF DCE Command Reference
ISBN 0-13-185851-3

The OSF DCE Command Reference provides reference material for DCE commands, including administrative commands. It is divided into technology component sections.

OSF DCE Administration Guide
The OSF DCE Administration Guide consists of two volumes:

· OSF DCE Administration Guide - Introduction
ISBN 0-13-18535-X

· OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components
ISBN 0-13-185844-0

It provides conceptual and task-oriented information for the DCE administrator. The first volume is an overview, which describes administering DCE as a whole, including planning and configuring information. The second volume is devoted to the management of specific components. The OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components describes management of DCE RPC, CDS, DTS, and the security service.

OSF DCE DFS Administration Guide and Reference
ISBN 0-12-185828-9

The OSF DCE DFS Administration Guide and Reference provides concepts and procedures for managing DFS in a DCE cell. It provides detailed reference information about the complete syntax and use of each DFS command and configuration file.

OSF DCE GDS Administration Guide and Reference
ISBN 0-12-185901-3

The OSF DCE GDS Administration Guide and Reference provides concepts and procedures that enable you to manage DCE GDS.

OSF DCE/File-Access Administration Guide and Reference
ISBN to be assigned at the end of DCE Release 1.2.2.

The OSF DCE/File-Access Administration Guide and Reference describes concepts and procedures that enable you to manage DCE File-Access software.

OSF DCE/File-Access User's Guide
ISBN to be assigned at the end of DCE Release 1.2.2.

The OSF DCE/File-Access User's Guide describes concepts and procedures necessary for using DCE File-Access software.

AES/Distributed Computing (RPC Volume)
The AES/Distributed Computing Remote Procedure Call volume is the first volume of the Application Environment Specification for Distributed Computing (AES/DC), published by OSF. It specifies RPC servcies, interfaces, protocols, encoding rules, and IDL. Further volumes will specifiy other distributed services, including DTS, directory services, security services, threads services, and DFS. Together, the volumes of the AES/DC will provide a comprehensive portability and interoperability specification for distributed computing.