-------------------------- Week 2-3 Notes for DAT2330 -------------------------- -Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.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 Weeks 1 and 2 (week01notes.txt) you did this: - you had a guided tour of the course home page and had important sections explained - you bought both course textbooks - you forwarded your Algonquin email to an account that you read regularly - you received a bootable Knoppix CDROM for use in the T111 Lab and at home and know how to boot it (knoppix_booting.txt) - you connected to the ACADUNIX computer and verified that your account works (acadunix_help.txt) - you connected to the Course Linux Server and verified that your account works (course_linux_server.txt) - you posted and cancelled a test article using the USENET news server (see the News&Discussion button on the course home page) - you created the ".vimrc" file mentioned in the "Setting VIM Options" section of file vi_basics.txt (on both ACADUNIX and Linux) and you were shown some basic VI/VIM commands from the online tutorial - you completed the rest of the online vim tutorial for homework, in preparation for your lab this week - you know how to set your terminal erase character using the "stty" command (telnet_usage.html) - you know how to use the "datsubmit" command to submit a text file for marking: datsubmit 21 week2tuesday.txt - you were shown the Unix password file: /etc/passwd - you learned the basic meanings of these commands (Read The Fine Manual): cat cp date echo exit less ls more rm stty vi vim who also: ls -l also: ls -a also: stty -a also: stty erase '^?' also: stty erase '^H' also: how to get help inside "less" and "more" - you completed these readings: Learning Unix: Chapter 1 (all) Learning Unix: Chapter 3 (to p.55) Running Linux: Chapter 9 p.274-280 (the VI/VIM text editor) Notes: knoppix_booting.txt Using the Knoppix Linux CDROM Notes: acadunix_help.txt Using the ACADUNIX IBM Unix machine Notes: course_linux_server.txt The Course Linux Server Notes: man_page_RTFM.txt Searching for items in the Unix manual pages Notes: vi_basics.txt The VI (VIM) Editor - Basics Notes: telnet_usage.html Using Telnet/Ssh to Unix Systems Notes: internet_basics.html Internet Networking Basics, URLs, etc. Notes: unix_shell.txt The Unix Shell Notes: pathnames.txt Unix/Linux Pathnames Notes: startup_files.txt Setting up Startup Files: .profile and .bashrc Notes: file_transfer.txt File transfer between machines Notes: home_and_HOME.txt Directories: current, HOME, and /home Notes: shell_prompt.txt Setting the BASH shell prompt Notes: miscellaneous.txt Miscellaneous Unix Facts ------------------ This Week (Week 3) ------------------ [to be announced]