---------------------------------------------------- Exercise #4 for DAT2330 - Ian Allen - idallen@ncf.ca ---------------------------------------------------- Global weight: 1% of your total mark this term Due date: 23h59 (11:59pm) Friday, February 14. Cutoff date: I will accept without penalty exercises that are submitted before 11h00 (11am) on Monday, February 17. After that late-submission date, the exercise is worth zero marks (but it must still be completed - see the course outline). The deliverables for this exercise are to be submitted online on ACADUNIX using the "submit" method described in the exercise description. No paper; no email; no FTP. Exercise Synopsis: Fetch a compressed GNU tar file. Unpack it. Follow enclosed directions. Submit the files for marking on ACADUNIX. Where to work: Do your work on any Unix computer that has a usable copy of vi or vim. (That includes ACADUNIX, the IDAllen Linux Machine, or even Floppix.) Transfer the files to ACADUNIX and submit them when you are done. Always keep a spare copy of your exercises! WARNING: Do not attempt this exercise on a Windows machine - the text file format is different. You must connect to and work on Unix/Linux. Exercise Details: The details for doing this assignment are in the README.txt file contained in the file "exercise04.tar.gz" in this directory on ACADUNIX: /thome/alleni/course/dat2330/03w/ The first item you have to accomplish is extracting the README.txt file from the exercise04.tar.gz file using the Unix tools you know. (Hint: The tar archive contains a hidden directory.) The README.txt file will tell you how to complete the exercise. You may use ssh or telnet to connect to ACADUNIX several times, so that you have several windows in which to work on this exercise. (This will be useful so you can read the README.txt file in one window and type commands in another window.) If you have problems: see me in a lab, post questions to the discussion news group, or make an office appointment with me.