% Week 11 Notes for CST8207 - Winter 2012 % Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com % Winter 2012 - January to April 2012 Tests and Exams =============== * The Final Exam date is posted on the [Course Home Page]. * Tests are short answer and multiple choice. * For full mark credit, read the [Test Instructions] for important directions on how to enter your answers on the mark-sense forms. * Each test covers material on the preceding assignments and Weekly Notes, with emphasis on material in the assignments. The Final Exam includes some material from the Midterm tests. * Basic calculators are permitted for all tests and exams but will not be needed. (No phones or PDA devices.) * Final Exam: Monday April 23 11h30 (11:30am to 2pm) - CA105(A,B,C). A practice question set will be available in Week 14. Lecture Notes for This Week =========================== From the Class Notes link on the Course Home Page ------------------------------------------------- * [Test Instructions](000_test_instructions.html) - Important directions on how to enter your answers on the mark-sense forms. * This is [Your Brain on the Internet](005_this_is_your_brain.txt) * [Frequently Asked Questions](007_freqently_asked_questions.html) * [How to report Problems](008_how_to_report_problems.txt) * [Installing VMware Tools](010_vmware_tools.html) * [Why Learn the Unix Shells?](100_why_shell.txt) * [Command Line vs. GUI: Power Users need more than GUI](110_command_line_vs_gui.txt) * [The Unix/Linux Shell](120_shell_basics.html) * [Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)](130_man_page_RTFM.txt) * [Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines](140_arguments_and_options.txt) * [Unix/Linux Pathnames (absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)](150_pathnames.txt) * [Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)](200_links_and_inodes.html) * [Unix/Linux File System - (correct explanation)](210_file_system.txt) * [Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current](220_home_and_HOME.txt) * [Searching for and finding files by name, size, etc.](250_finding_files.txt) * [GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)](260_glob_patterns.txt) * [Unix Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes)](270_redirection.txt) * [Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms](280_quotes.txt) * [The VI (VIM) Text Editor](300_vi_text_editor.html) * [Unix Modes and Permissions](400_permissions.txt) * [Umask and Permissions](410_umask.txt) * [Symbolic Links - Soft Links - Symlinks](420_symbolic_links.txt) * [Shell Variables - Basics (non-scripting)](430_shell_variables.txt) * [Shell search PATH - finding and running commands](450_search_path.txt) * [Setting up Startup Files: .bash_profile and .bashrc](470_startup_files.txt) * [Linux Disks and Partitions](500_Linux-Partitions.pdf) * [Create a New VMware Virtual Hard Disk](510_create_vmware_disk.pdf) * [Unix/Linux File Systems - mkfs, mount, swap](520_file_systems.html) * [Users and Groups - /etc/passwd and /etc/group](480_users_and_groups.html) * [Unix/Linux Command List (cumulative)](900_unix_command_list.txt) ### Assignments and Labs ### * See your [Blackboard] ToDo list for all assignment due dates * Do [Lab #07] - Linux User and Group Management * Do [Lab #08] - Disks, Partitions, and File Systems - Part 1 of 2 * To get your Lab marks, complete your Self-Mark surveys on Blackboard. From the Classroom Whiteboard/Chalkboard ---------------------------------------- ![Freedom](common/poweredbylinuxTheFreedomtoChooseGreen2.png "Freedom")\ * Your in-class notes go here. - If you're not actively taking notes in class, why are you here? * Send me video from the Rap. My wife wants to see me. - Hey! I've **still** not received any video. Anyone out there? * Dates for tests: - Final Exam on Monday April 23. Do the practice tests first. The Final Exam includes all material. * See Blackboard for your [Course Evaluation Survey](https://coursefeedback.algonquincollege.com/etw/ets/et.asp?nxappid=WCQ&nxmid=start) * Disks, Partitions, and File Systems - [Linux Disks and Partitions](500_Linux-Partitions.pdf) - [Create a New VMware Virtual Hard Disk](510_create_vmware_disk.pdf) - [Unix/Linux File Systems - mkfs, mount, swap](520_file_systems.html) - Do It: `fdisk, mkfs, mount, umount, /etc/fstab, mkswap, swapon, swapoff` - Info: `fdisk -l, mount, df, file -s, swapon -s, du [-s]` * More info on Users and Groups - [Users and Groups - /etc/passwd and /etc/group](480_users_and_groups.html) - more on su and sudo ![Read All The Words](data/lesen_sie.jpg "Read All The Words")\ [Test Instructions]: 000_test_instructions.html [000_README.txt]: 000_README.txt [000_Licensing.txt]: 000_Licensing.txt -- | Ian! D. 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