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Exercise #5 for DAT2330 - Ian Allen - idallen@ncf.ca
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Global weight: 2% of your total mark this term
Due date: 12:00 noon Friday, March 21.

Cutoff date:  I will accept without penalty exercises that are submitted
before 10h00 (10am) on Sunday, March 23.  After that late-submission
date, the exercise is worth zero marks (but it must still be completed -
see the course outline).

Exercises submitted by the *due date* will be marked online and email
sent to you by 6pm on Sunday, March 23.  A sample answer will be
posted online after the cutoff date.

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
    and a Bourne-style shell.  (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 "exercise05.tar.gz" in this directory on ACADUNIX:
    ~alleni/course/dat2330/03w/

    The first item you have to accomplish is extracting the README.txt
    file from the exercise05.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.
    The submit.txt file will tell you how to submit your script for marking.

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.