1.1 Read (at least) these things (All The Words)Index

• Your first Midterm test takes place in your lecture class at 8am on Friday.
• Read the Test Instructions before your midterm test this week.
• Attend any lab period for help with the questions on the Practice Tests and Answers for Midterm 1.
• Worksheets 4 and 5 are required before you do Assignment #05 HTML.
  • Content related to Assignment 5 is NOT on the first midterm test.

1. Week 06 Notes HTML – this file – Read All The Words
2. Test Instructions – read this before your midterm test this week.
3. Practice Tests and Answers – practice questions for your midterm test.
4. File System, Inodes, Links – directories, index nodes (inodes), hard links
5. List of Commands – Command names you should know, listed by week
6. Video Tutorials on Lynda.com – tagged by week number
7. Linux and Sysadmin News in the World

• Follow last week’s instructions to create your lynda.com account, then watch these sections of Unix for Mac OS X Users
  • these videos are for all Unix/Linux students, not just Mac OSX users
  • 3. Working with Files and Directories
    • Naming files 5m 41s
      • use quotes to surround names with blanks or special characters
    • Hard links 5m 30s
    • Symbolic links 6m 36s
  • 5. Commands and Programs
    • Disk information commands 6m 8s
      • df, du,

1.2 Assignments this weekIndex

Note that your upcoming Midterm Test #1 is worth more than three assignments put together. Don’t spend all your time doing an assignment at the expense of studying the Practice Tests and Answers for the Midterm Test.

Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant. Just like in the Real World, not all due dates are on the same days or at the same times.

• Review last week. Did you do everything assigned last week?
• Read All The Words, Do, and then Submit via Brightspace:
  • Assignment #05 HTML – using GLOB wildcard patterns, selecting files using GLOB, redirection and pipes. This assignment requires reading Shell GLOB patterns and Shell I/O Redirection and then doing Worksheet #04 HTML and Worksheet #05 HTML.
  • Coming soon: Assignment #07 HTML – start-up files, environment, search PATH, quoting This assignment requires reading the weekly readings first.
  • OPTIONAL: Read The VI (VIM) Text Editor and optionally do the bonus Assignment #04 HTML for extra credit.
  • Really do Read All The Words. You don’t get a second chance to get it right.

1.3 Lab work this weekIndex

Note that your upcoming Midterm Test #1 is worth more than three assignments put together. Don’t spend all your time doing an assignment at the expense of studying the Practice Tests and Answers for the Midterm Test.

• Study the first Practice Tests and Answers for your upcoming Midterm Test #1 in your one-hour lecture class at 8am on Friday this week.
• Complete and save the ODT or PDF versions of Worksheet #04 HTML and Worksheet #05 HTML so you can do Assignment #05 HTML – GLOB wildcard patterns, finding files using GLOB, redirection and pipes
  • These worksheets require you to understand Finding Files, Shell GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching) and Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes).
• Assignment #05 HTML – GLOB wildcard patterns, selecting files using GLOB, redirection and pipes
  • This assignment requires you to understand the material in the web pages and both Worksheets 4 and 5.
• Coming soon: Assignment #07 HTML is about start-up files, environment, search PATH, and quoting
• OPTIONAL: Do Bonus Assignment #06 HTML after writing Midterm #1.
  • There is a checking program available to check your file format for this bonus assignment, but only people who Read All These Words will know about it. Wrong file format means no marks. Do not redirect or save the output of this checking program!
• OPTIONAL BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Read The VI (VIM) Text Editor and optionally do the bonus Assignment #04 HTML. Real Linux sysadmin all know how to use this text editor.
  • Reminder: You must actually use the VIM editor during the term to get full marks for this bonus assignment. Read All The Words.

1.4 Upcoming tests and examsIndex

This course has two midterm tests (10%, 15%) and one final exam (40%).

Follow this link to see all your upcoming Quizzes and Tests. The dates are also posted on the Course Home Page and on Brightspace CST8207.

For full marks, read the Test Instructions (all the words) before your midterm tests.

1. First Midterm test: 45 minutes; in your one-hour lecture class in Week 6.
2. Second Midterm test: 45 minutes; in your one-hour lecture class in Week 10.
3. Final Exam – the date will be posted on ACSIS.

Midterm tests take place in your one-hour lecture class, not in your lab period. You must write the midterm test in the lecture class in which you are registered.

2.1 Commands UsedIndex

Keep a notebook with a List of Commands in it.

• You need to write down yourself what each command does.
• Check the updated list of commands each week.
• I will check for this list in your lab periods.
• Bring your notes to class! Stop wasting time looking up commands.

• Are you making notes from the worksheets on how each command works?
  • What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command?
  • Don’t copy and use options that you don’t understand!