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Week 2 Notes for DAT2330
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca

Remember - knowing how to find out an answer is more important than
memorizing the answer.  Learn to fish!  RTFM!  (Read The Fine Manual)

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Review
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In Week 1 (week01notes.txt) you received a bootable Knoppix CDROM for
use in the T111 Lab and at home.  See file knoppix_booting.txt under
the Notes buttons on the course home page.

You forwarded your Algonquin email to an account that you read regularly.

You connected to the ACADUNIX computer and verified that your account
works (acadunix_help.txt).  You created the ".vimrc" file mentioned in
the "Setting VIM Options" section of file vi_basics.txt and you were
shown some basic VI/VIM commands from the textbook.

You received Exercise #1 and submitted it by the due date.

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This Week (Week 2)
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1.  Do these readings in Running Linux, Chapter 4:

       "Intro", "Logging In", "Setting a Password", "Virtual Consoles" p.81-84
       "Directories", "Listing Files" p.84-86
       "Viewing Files" p.86-87
       "Shells" p.88-89
       "Useful Keys" p.90
       "Typing Shortcuts", "Word Completion" p.91-92
       "Saving Your Output", "What is a Command" p.93-97
       "Manual Pages" p.98-100

    You can practice the given examples using a terminal window under Knoppix.
    (Remember that nothing will be saved under Knoppix!)

2.  Read these files under the Notes button on the course home page:

    shells.txt            The Unix Shell
    home_and_HOME.txt     Directories: current, HOME, and /home
    arguments_and_options.txt
                          Command line arguments and options
    man_page_RTFM.txt     Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)
    redirection.txt       Redirecting the I/O of commands
    internet_basics.html  Internet Networking Basics, URLs, etc.
    startup_files.txt     Setting up Startup Files: .profile and .bashrc
    miscellaneous.txt     Miscellanous Unix Facts
                          - just items 1 through 7 this week

3.  Start work on DAT2330 Exercise #2.  Submit it by the due date.