CIS 50.71 Schedule

Gary D. Brown

CIS 50.71: Introduction to Unix

Spring 2008

Section 5395

Offered Online

Schedule

Due Date		Topic	Reference Chapters & Suggested Reading*	Assignment
January	18	Introduction: Obtaining an account, logging in, Unix system basics, email, entering shell commands Eric's lecture	LN: Ch 1 IL: Ch 1, 2, 3 LU: Ch 3, 4.4 UNIXHELP on pathnames	CATE student checkin "unix-intro" mailing list signup
January	25	Basic text editing with VI Eric's lecture	LN: Ch 9 IL: Ch 6.2 Learning the vi Editor Lab Directory Instructions	Lab 1: Basic commands & E-Mail Answer Form
February	1	Basic text editing with VI Eric's lecture
	8	Managing your files Eric's lecture	IL: Ch 3, 9.1 LU: Ch 4	Lab 2: Editing with Vi Answer Form
	15	I/O Redirection & pipes Eric's lecture	IL: Ch 5 LU: Ch 5 Constructing Pipelines Blocked Pipes	Lab 3: Utilities and File Management Answer Form
	22	Getting Information on Unix Eric's lecture	LN: Ch 6 IL: Ch 2.3, 7.2 GC: Ch 5 HT: FTP Mini-HowTo How to Ask Questions the Smart Way	Lab 4: I/O Redirection Answer Form
	29	Permissions, system processes Eric's lecture	LN: Ch 6 IL: Ch 3.4, 4	Lab 5: Getting Information Answer Form
March	7	Review & prepare for the exam Eric's lecture		Lab 6: Controlling your Environment Answer Form
	13	Mid-term Exam (available Saturday, 3/8 through Thursday, 3/13 only)		Labs 1 through 6 not accepted after today
	21	Text file utilities Eric's lecture	IL: Ch 5 LU: Ch 5 GC: Ch 11 Classic Unix Tools
April	4	Introduction to shell scripts Your .profile file Eric's lecture	LN: Ch 6 Shell Script References Introduction to umask	Lab 7: Pipelines & Text File Utilities Answer form
	11	Shell scripts continued Eric's lectures: Part 1 Part 2		Lab 8: Shell Scripts I Answer Form
	18	Shell scripts continued Eric's lectures: Part 1 Part 2		Lab 9A: Shell Scripts II Answer form
	25	System administration Creating user accounts Eric's Lecture	LN: Ch 2 LA: Managing User Accounts Portable Linux Instructions	Lab 9B: Shell Scripts III Answer form
May	2	System administration continued Mounting file systems Eric's Lectures: Part 1 Part 2	LN: Ch 2 LA: Using Disks and Other Storage Media	Lab 10: User Account Management Answer Form
	9		LN: Ch 2 LA: Using Disks and Other Storage Media	Lab 11 (optional): File Systems Answer Form
	16	The X-Window system Eric's Lecture	HT: X Window HT: X Win Sys Arch HT: GUI/Window Managers X-Window Notes	Lab 12 (optional): Linux X-Window System Answer Form No labs accepted after today
	22	Final Exam (available Saturday, 5/17 through Thursday, 5/22 only)

*LN: Linux in a Nutshell
*IL: Introduction to Linux
*LU: Learning the UNIX Operating System
*GC: GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary
*HT: HowTo
*LA: Linux System Administrator's Guide

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© 2008 Eric Skagerberg & Gary Brown
Computer & Information Sciences Department
Santa Rosa Junior College

2008/05/15