----------------------------------------------------- Week 4 Notes for CST8129 - Ian Allen - idallen@ncf.ca ----------------------------------------------------- Remember - knowing how to find out an answer is more important than memorizing the answer. Learn to fish! RTFM! (Read The Fine Manual) ------- Review: ------- In Week 1 (see week01notes.txt) you learned about News groups and how to read the course announcements, post, and cancel articles. You logged in to the Linux Lab (T127) and then to ACADUNIX and verified your userid, password, and disk quota. You changed your password. In Week 2 (see week02notes.txt) you read Chapter 1 and answered the review questions in the notes. You remembered how to use the VI text editor by writing and modifying a small script copied from the textbook. You downloaded a C program and compiled and ran it. You used the "diff" command with and without the "-w" option. In Week 3 (see week03notes.txt) you handed in Lab Exercise #1 and started reading Chapter 8 using the Chapter 8 reading guide and questions. ---------- This week: ---------- Do lab02exercise.txt, based on reading files under "Other Useful Notes". Finish reading Chapter 8, using the chapter08guide.txt file to guide you. Find the answers to the questions in the Reading Guide, including the list of selected Lab Exercises at the end of the Reading Guide. These questions direct you to the parts of the chapter that are the basis for midterm and final exam questions. Study the list of "Other Useful Notes" files under the Notes button on the course home page. Are there any concepts there with which you are unfamiliar? Talk to your instructor if you want assistance in remembering these facets of Unix: acadunix_help.txt Using the ACADUNIX machine arguments_and_options.txt Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines echo_commands.txt No standard for the "echo" command file_system.txt Unix/Linux File System - (the weird parts) home_and_HOME.txt Directories: current, HOME, and /home links_and_inodes.html Understanding Unix file links and inodes miscellaneous.txt Miscellanous Unix Facts pathnames.txt Unix/Linux Pathnames quotes.txt Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting redirection.txt Unix Shell I/O Redirection shells.txt The Unix Shell umask.txt Umask and Permissions vi_basics.txt The VI (VIM) Editor (Review)