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Weekly Class Notes

May  8 21:01 2013  week01notes.html   Introduction to the Course
May  8 21:01 2013  week02notes.html   command line and the Course Linux Server [CLS]
May  8 21:01 2013  week03notes.html   command line and the Course Linux Server [CLS]
May  8 21:01 2013  week04notes.html   file GLOB patterns, Redirection, Pipes
May  8 21:01 2013  week05notes.html   Redirection, VIM, Midterm #1
May 12 15:33 2013  week06notes.html   Redirection, Pipes, Variables, Editors
May  8 21:01 2013  week07notes.html   PATH, Quoting, Inodes, Hard Links, and ln
May  8 21:01 2013  week08notes.html   Hard Links, Symbolic Links, Disk Usage, Permissions
May  8 21:01 2013  week09notes.html   Fedora VM Installation, Permissions, umask, chmod
May  8 21:01 2013  week10notes.html   Processes, Jobs, Background, Foreground, Kill, Signals, Midterm #2
May  8 21:01 2013  week11notes.html   system logs, syslog, scheduling with crontab, at
May  8 21:01 2013  week12notes.html   Partitions and File Systems - fdisk, mkfs, mount, swap
May  8 21:01 2013  week13notes.html   Boot Process, GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig
May  8 21:01 2013  week14notes.html   Boot Process, GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig

Course Notes (alphabetical order)

May  8 21:27 2013  000_Licensing.html   Creative Commons Licensing for CST8207
Jan 20 00:48 2017  000_README.html   README for CST8207 – GNU/Linux Operating Systems I
Apr  9 10:04 2018  000_network_diagnostics.html   Network Diagnostics: Finding and fixing problems
May  8 21:01 2013  000_rap.html   Ian!s Computer Science Rap Videos - Part 4
Aug 15 17:24 2016  000_test_instructions.html   Instructions for writing Tests and Exams
Oct 24 00:56 2013  001_course_introduction.html   CST8207 Introduction to the Course, Outline, Timetable, Marks
Nov  5 03:13 2018  005_this_is_your_brain.html   This is your Brain on the Internet – Multi-Tasking research
May  8 21:01 2013  007_freqently_asked_questions.html   CST8207 Frequently Asked Questions
Feb 11 14:45 2019  008_how_to_report_problems.html   How to ask good questions and report problems well
May  8 21:01 2013  009_vmware_tools.html   Installing and Configuring VMware Tools for Fedora 12
Dec 10 11:17 2018  010_course_linux_server.html   The Course Linux Server [CLS]
Aug 30 21:55 2018  015_file_transfer.html   File transfer to/from Unix/Linux machines
Dec 10 11:17 2018  070_course_linux_server.html   The Course Linux Server [CLS]
Aug 31 11:50 2013  100_why_shell.html   Why Learn the Unix/Linux Command Line and Shells?
Sep  6 12:58 2017  110_remote_login.html   Remote Network Log In Between Computers
Jan 15 07:47 2019  120_shell_basics.html   Unix/Linux and Shell Basics – miscellaneous small topics
Oct  4 17:44 2018  140_man_page_RTFM.html   Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)
Jan 21 09:59 2018  150_arguments_and_options.html   Command Arguments and Options
Jan  6 04:23 2019  160_pathnames.html   Unix/Linux File System and Pathnames (ROOT, basename, absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)
Sep 21 02:49 2017  170_home_and_HOME.html   Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current
Oct 10 00:34 2018  180_finding_files.html   Searching for and finding files by name, size, userid, modify time, etc.
Jan  6 04:26 2019  185_find_and_xargs.html   Using find -exec or xargs to process pathnames with other commands
Mar 10 16:44 2019  190_glob_patterns.html   Shell GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)
Jan 29 15:21 2019  200_redirection.html   Unix/Linux Shell I/O Redirection (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and Pipes)
Jan 29 15:49 2019  300_vi_text_editor.html   The VI (VIM) Text Editor
Apr 11 12:48 2017  320_shell_variables.html   Shell Variables – quoting, local variables, environment variables, USER HOME SHELL PATH TERM $$
Feb 22 09:57 2018  350_startup_files.html   Login and Shell Startup Files, aliases, options: .bash_profile and .bashrc
Feb  6 02:44 2017  370_optional_settings.html   BASH Shell Settings for Sysadmin (optional)
Feb 13 01:44 2017  400_search_path.html   Shell search PATH – finding and running commands
Sep  3 12:03 2021  440_quotes.html   Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms
Mar  1 04:02 2019  450_file_system.html   Unix/Linux File System – directories, inodes, hard links
Nov 27 01:36 2017  455_links_and_inodes.html   Hard links and Unix/Linux file system index nodes (inodes)
Feb 19 01:12 2013  455_links_and_inodesA.html   Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)
Feb 22 10:11 2017  456_disk_error_autopsy.html   Autopsy of a minor disk failure, fsck, lost+found
Jan 20 00:48 2017  457_disk_usage.html   Unix/Linux Disk Usage, Hard Links, Quotas, Finding Inodes
Mar  9 09:26 2017  460_symbolic_links.html   Symbolic Links – Soft Links – Symlinks
Mar  1 03:58 2019  500_permissions.html   Unix Modes and Permissions, whoami, id, uid, gid, groups, ls -l, chmod
Oct 22 19:48 2018  510_umask.html   Permissions masking with umask, chmod, 777 octal permissions
May  8 21:01 2013  570_fedora12.html   CST8207 - Fedora 12 32-bit DVD Download and Validation
Aug 30 23:15 2018  580_system_log_files.html   Unix/Linux system logging, log files, kernel messages, syslog, klog, dmesg
Mar 14 01:32 2019  600_processes_and_jobs.html   Unix/Linux Processes, Jobs, background, foreground, kill, killall
Oct 29 18:50 2018  630_crontab_at_job_scheduler.html   Delayed and Repeated Scheduled Execution – at, cron, crontab, and mail
Nov 26 02:35 2014  700_users_and_groups.html   Users and Groups – /etc/passwd, /etc/group, su, sudo, chsh, useradd, gpasswd, etc.
Mar 24 14:03 2015  710_linux_partitions.pdf   
Nov 14 05:41 2014  720_partitions_and_file_systems.html   Unix/Linux Partitions and File Systems – fdisk, mkfs, mount, swap
Mar 24 02:37 2014  730_create_vmware_disk.pdf   
Apr 14 18:15 2019  735_good_error_messages.html   Shell Scripts: Good Error and Usage messages: $0, $#, $*, and 1>&2
May  8 21:01 2013  750_booting_and_grub.html   Unix/Linux Boot Process, GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig
Jan  4 12:53 2015  805_data_mining.html   Using commands and pipes to mine and extract data
Mar  8 04:21 2019  810_package_management.html   Useful programs: gzip,bzip2 - compression; tar,zip - file archiving; diff - comparison
May  8 21:01 2013  900_unix_command_list.html   Unix/Linux Command List (weekly cumulative)

Worksheets

Jan 23 09:32 2013  worksheet02.html   Lab Worksheet #2 - Winter 2013
Jan 23 09:32 2013  worksheet02.odt   Lab Worksheet #2 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 2 -
Jan 23 09:32 2013  worksheet02.pdf   
Jan 23 09:32 2013  worksheet02.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Feb  3 17:03 2013  worksheet03.html   Lab Worksheet #3 - Winter 2013
Feb  3 17:03 2013  worksheet03.odt   Lab Worksheet #3 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 3 -
Feb  3 17:03 2013  worksheet03.pdf   
Feb  3 17:03 2013  worksheet03.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Feb 15 00:36 2013  worksheet05.html   Lab Worksheet #5 - Winter 2013
Feb 15 00:36 2013  worksheet05.odt   Lab Worksheet #5 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 5 -
Feb 15 00:36 2013  worksheet05.pdf   
Feb 15 00:36 2013  worksheet05.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Feb 15 06:29 2013  worksheet06.html   Lab Worksheet #6 - Winter 2013
Feb 15 06:29 2013  worksheet06.odt   Lab Worksheet #6 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 6 -
Feb 15 06:29 2013  worksheet06.pdf   
Feb 15 06:29 2013  worksheet06.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Mar 17 10:56 2013  worksheet07.html   Lab Worksheet #7 - Winter 2013
Mar 17 10:56 2013  worksheet07.odt   Lab Worksheet #7 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet/Ins
Mar 17 10:56 2013  worksheet07.pdf   
Mar 17 10:56 2013  worksheet07.txt   This Lab Worksheet/Installation contains essential installation work needed for your upcoming Assign
Mar 24 17:43 2013  worksheet08.html   Lab Worksheet #8 - Winter 2013
Mar 24 17:43 2013  worksheet08.odt   Lab Worksheet #8 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 8 -
Mar 24 17:43 2013  worksheet08.pdf   
Mar 24 17:43 2013  worksheet08.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Mar 26 00:01 2013  worksheet11.html   Lab Worksheet #11 - Winter 2013
Mar 26 00:01 2013  worksheet11.odt   Lab Worksheet #11 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Worksheet and As
Mar 26 00:01 2013  worksheet11.pdf   
Mar 26 00:01 2013  worksheet11.txt   This is a combined Worksheet and Assignment.. Quizzes and tests may refer to work done in this Works
Apr  5 01:15 2013  worksheet12.html   Lab Worksheet #12 - Winter 2013
Apr  5 01:15 2013  worksheet12.odt   Lab Worksheet #12 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Worksheet and As
Apr  5 01:15 2013  worksheet12.pdf   
Apr  5 01:15 2013  worksheet12.txt   This is a combined Worksheet and Assignment.. Quizzes and tests may refer to work done in this Works
Apr  5 18:12 2013  worksheet13.html   Lab Worksheet #13 - Winter 2013
Apr  5 18:12 2013  worksheet13.odt   Lab Worksheet #13 - Winter 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 13
Apr  5 18:12 2013  worksheet13.pdf   
Apr  5 18:12 2013  worksheet13.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Apr  5 18:13 2013  worksheet13_html_3ea7e77b.png   

Assignments

May  8 21:04 2013  assignment01.html   Multi-tasking and Homework
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment02.html   Course Linux Server [CLS]
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment03.html   basic commands
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment04.html   Midterm Test 1 topics review
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment05.html   GLOB, aliases, options, and start-up files
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment06.html   BONUS VIM assignment from Worksheet 6
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment07.html   hard links, disk usage, du
May 31 12:12 2017  assignment08.html   quoting, linking, setting permissions
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment09.html   BONUS Midterm Test 2 topics review
Jun  8 15:44 2013  assignment10.html   processes, syslog, crontab, at, Fedora 12
May 31 12:13 2017  assignment11.html   user and group management (Megadeth Project)
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment12.html   Disks, Partitions, and File Systems
May  8 21:04 2013  assignment13.html   GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig

Shell Scripts

Oct 10 15:46 2014  argv.sh.txt   Count and display on STDERR each argument to this shell script.

Course Outline and Evaluation

Sep  4 17:33 2012  2012-2013_CST8207.pdf   
Feb 24 16:46 2013  999_course_evaluation.html   CST8207 Course Evaluations
Jan 15 02:24 2023  course_evaluation.html   CST8207 Winter 2013 Course Evaluation

Miscellaneous

Apr 18 22:26 2013  StudyAreasAroundACCampuses.pdf   
Dec  7 10:02 2004  vi_refcard_back.pdf   
Sep 15 10:13 2014  vi_refcard_front.pdf   

Quizzes, Tests, and Exams

Feb 13 04:53 2014  midterm1.pdf   
Feb 13 04:53 2014  midterm1_13w.pdf   
Feb 13 04:56 2014  midterm2.pdf   
Feb 13 04:56 2014  midterm2_13w.pdf   
Jan 27 17:51 2013  practicetest1.pdf   
Jan 27 17:50 2013  practicetest1answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test #1 15% - Test Version 562
Mar 15 01:53 2013  practicetest2.pdf   
Apr  3 11:03 2013  practicetest2answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 2 - Test Version 078
Mar 31 19:44 2013  practicetest2new.pdf   
Mar 31 19:45 2013  practicetest2newanswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test - Test Version 657
Apr  3 11:02 2013  practicetest3.pdf   
Apr  3 11:03 2013  practicetest3answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 3 - Test Version 275
Apr  3 11:17 2013  practicetest3new.pdf   
Apr 16 13:48 2013  practicetest3newB.pdf   
Apr 16 15:59 2013  practicetest3newBanswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 3 B (new) - Test Version 054
Apr  3 11:18 2013  practicetest3newanswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 3 - Test Version 210

Data Files and Media (binary)

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Oct 30 01:26 2016  scantron_blue_bubble_sheet.jpg   
Dec 15 03:32 2013  test_version.png   
Jan 12 14:18 2013  145_subshells.mp4   
Mar 28 02:47 2012  file_system.png   
Mar  2 02:54 2008  03_Ghosts_I.mp3   
Aug 25 16:51 2005  learning_curves.jpg