----------------------------------------------------- Week 6 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. In Week 4 (see week04notes.txt) you handed in Lab Exercise #2 and finished reading Chapter 8. In Week 5 (see week05notes.txt) you handed in Lab Exercise #3 and studied Chapter 8 for the midterm test using the Chapter 8 Reading Guide. ------------------- This week (Week 6): ------------------- Do lab04exercise.txt (based on Chapter 9 and the Notes). Read Chapter 9 using the Chapter 9 Reading Guide. Read these updated or new files under "Notes": data_mining.txt Using commands and pipes to "mine" and extract data from the system text_errata.txt Errors in the Linux textbook.