----------------------------------------------------- Week 6 Notes for DAT2330 - 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 5 (see week05notes.txt) you wrote your first midterm test. You learned how to use basic commands in the VI editor. ------------------ This Week (Week 6) ------------------ 1. Do Exercise #4 (exercise04.txt) and submit it on time. 2. Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 8 using the Reading/Study guides: chapter05guide.txt (The Shell) chapter08guide.txt (The VI text editor) 3. Complete these Floppix Labs on http://www.floppix.com/ Floppix Lab 16: Passwords and Permissions Floppix Lab 17: umask Floppix Lab 19: configuring your account Floppix Lab 21: Process Management Floppix Lab 26: BASH Scripts Watch for the Chapter 10 reading guide this week. Other useful Notes (under the Notes buttons on the course home page): arguments_and_options.txt internet_basics.txt midterm1.* quotes.txt redirection.txt shells.txt tar_GNU_and_not.txt umask.txt