README FILE:

This file contains various examples of

	--system calls (fork, pipe, dup2, signal, etc)

	--related functions (setjmp, longjmp, etc)

	--programming techniques (nonblocking read/write)

	--posix thread programming (all these programs
		begin with "th_")

	--There is an accompanying threads 
		tutorial from LLBL on threads.
		(click on "thread_tutorial.html")

that might be useful for your programming assignment.


--Chee
(Feb 10, 2005)