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Week 9 Notes for DAT2330 - Ian Allen - idallen@ncf.ca
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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 8 (see week08notes.txt) you reviewed your answers on the
second midterm test.  You created the correct start-up files in your
account on ACADUNIX.  You demonstrated your knowledge of standard
output and standard error in a shell script.

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This Week (Week 9)
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1.  In your Lab this week, your instructor will check to see that you
    completed items 4, 5, and 6 from the Week 8 notes two weeks ago.

2.  Use the additional chapter10guideB.txt and chapter10guideC.txt to
    finish your reading of Chapter 10 in your textbook.

3.  The last reading guide (Chapter 11) is posted: chapter11guide.txt

4.  Several sample shell scripts using TEST and IF/ELSE are posted
    under the "Shell Scripts" section under Notes.

5.  New Useful Notes:

    script_style.txt       - how to comment your scripts
    script_checklist.txt   - do these things when writing scripts
    nesting.txt            - less code is better code
    expansion_order.txt    - shell rules for command line processing

Watch for Exercise #5 in the Announcements.