CSC 357, Winter 2007, Gene Fisher

CSC 357, Winter 2007
Gene Fisher

General Index:

lectures -- lecture notes, as presented in class

labs -- lab writeups and supporting material

programs -- programming assignment writeups, and supporting material

handouts -- general informational handouts

examples -- project examples, excerpts handed out in class

solutions -- lab and programming assignment solutions

documentation -- supplemental documentation and reference material

bin -- executable programs, or links to same

grades -- posted grades, with password-protected access to individuals' scores

Important Announcements:

Finals week office hours -- Mon 2-3, Tue 9:30-11, Wed 2-3

Index by Week:

Week 1:

course syllabus -- introductory description of the course
unix basics -- bare-essential unix commands for csc 357
coding conventions -- standards for programming assignment code submitted in 357
lab 1 -- getting started with unix and c
programming assignment 1 -- sfmt, a simpler text formatter
program 1 testing -- test plan for programming assignment 1
lecture notes week 1 -- introduction to the course introduction to c and unix
lecture notes week 1, part 2 -- function declarations versus definitions; pointers and arrays in C

Week 2:

lab 2 -- getting started with C arrays, pointers, and structs
programming assignment 2 -- nwc, a numbered word counter
program 2 testing -- test plan for programming assignment 2
lecture notes week 2 -- C program structure; pointers and structs in C; dynamic memory management

Week 3:

lab 3 -- details of C arrays, pointers, and structs; unix make
lecture notes week 3 -- leftovers from week 2 notes; additional C language and library features

Week 4:

programming assignment 3 -- smake, a simplified version of make
lab 4 -- freeing memory in solution to lab 2
lecture notes week 4 -- unbuffered file i/o; unix files and directories

Week 5:

lab 5 -- unix compared to windows directory commands
lecture notes week 5 -- more on files and directories; function pointers in c; standard i/o library; system data files and information

Week 6:

midterm review
programming assignment 4 -- sfind, a simplified find utility
lecture notes weeks 6 and 7 -- introduction to unix processes and process control

Week 7:

lab 6 -- getting started with fork and exec

Week 8:

programming assignment 5 -- timer, an interactive timer program
lab 7 -- getting started with pipes
lecture notes week 8 -- introduction to signals and pipes

Week 9:

programming assignment 6 -- vssh, a Very Simple Shell
lecture notes week 9 -- additional pipe topics; additional signal topics; shells and programming assignment 6

Week 10:

final review -- review of question topic areas for the final quiz and final exam
lecture notes week 10 -- introduction to threads
lecture notes week 10, part 2 -- details of thread synchronization; final exam review

Document File Formats

Data files are available in the following formats:

HTML, suitable for viewing with a WWW browser (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer); these files have a ".html" extension.

PostScript, suitable for viewing on a workstation previewer (such as ghostview) or printing on a PostScript printer; all paper notes and handouts distributed in class are printed from the online PostScript files; these files have a ".ps" extension.

PDF, suitable for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader; these files have a ".pdf" extension.

Plain ASCII text, suitable for viewing on a plain ASCII terminal or with a plain text editor (such as emacs or vi ); note that plain text files do not contain figures that require graphic display; plain text files have a ".txt" extension.

Troff -me format, generally unsuitable for human use; the troff files are used to generate PostScript, PDF, HTML, and ASCII text files from a common source; the troff files have a ".me" extension. (Document preparation with Emacs and Troff is bizarre, but extraordinarily powerful.)

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