Recommended Exercises: Survey of Operating Systems (with UNIX)

COP 3610, Fall Semester 2000

Instructor: M.S. Schmalz

Recommended Exercises

UNIX for Programmers & Users A Complete Guide, by Graham Glass
Paramus: Prentice-Hall (2000). ISBN: 0134808800

Exercises are listed by section in the Web notes, as follows:

• 1. Organization of Computers (Required Reading)

      Read: Chapter 1, pp. 1-7
      Ex's: None
  

• 2. Overview of Operating Systems
  

      Read: Chapter 1, pp. 7-12
      Ex's: Quiz Questions #1-6, Project #1
  

• 3. Review of Basic UNIX Commands
  

      Read: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
      Ex's: All quiz questions at end of Chapter 2 (p. 74)
      Also: Read about each type of UNIX shell (Ch. 3,4,5,6)
              and answer questions at the end of each chapter
            You will be told in class what topics each exam 
              will cover with respect to UNIX shells.
  

  3.1. The UNIX Command Line Interface
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 15-22
      Ex's: Quiz question #3
  

  3.2. Overview of UNIX File System
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 22-24
      Ex's: Quiz question #10
  

  3.3. UNIX Documentation via man command
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 18-19
      Ex's: Quiz question #3,14
  

  3.4. File Commands
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 28-30,33-40,45-48
      Ex's: Quiz question #10,11,13
  

  3.5. Directory Commands
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 24,27,31,32,35
      Ex's: Quiz question #12
  

  3.6. Basic System Commands
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 17-21
      Ex's: Quiz question #2
  

• 4. Software Development with UNIX
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 54-69; Chapter 11
      Ex's: As listed below
  

  4.1. Editors: vi and emacs
  

      Read: Chapter 2, pp. 54-69
      Ex's: Use vi and emacs to edit a file on a
              Sun- and PC-based CISE workstation.  
              You can use one of the C program files
              in the book, if you want to.
  

  4.2. Compilers: C, C++, Java
  

      Read: Chapter 11, pp. 339-347
      Ex's: Pick a program from the text, enter it
              into the computer using vi or emacs,
              then compile and run it.
            What are the advantages and disadvantages
              of C, C++, and Java?
  	  What is object-oriented programming and how
  	    is it used in UNIX software development?
  

  4.3. Libraries, Linkers, and Runtime Modules
  

      Read: Chapter 11, pp. 345, 357-359
      Ex's: Quiz question 4
  

  4.4. Overview of Makefiles
  

      Read: Chapter 11, pp. 345, 357-359
      Ex's: What is a makefile and how does it work?
            Express "cc p.c q.c r.c -o s" in two different
  	    ways in a makefile.
            How are variables used in makefiles, and what
              are the advantages of variables?
  

• 5. UNIX Control Features
  

      Read: Chapters 3,4,6,13, Appendix
      Ex's: As listed below
  

  5.1. Regular Expressions
  

      Read: Appendix, pp. 606-608
      Ex's: What are regular expressions, and what are they
              used for in UNIX?
            Know what each metacharacter in a regular expression
              does (e.g., . [] * ^ $ \)
            Be able to match strings to regular expressions
  

  5.2. Iteration and Control Statements
  

      Read: Chapter 4, pp. 121-128 [Bourne shell]
            Chapter 6, pp. 198-205 [C shell]
      Ex's: Exercise 1, p. 217
  

  5.3. Piping and I/O Redirection and Control
  

      Read: Chapter  3, pp.84-86; Chapter 12, pp.453-459;
            Chapter 13, pp.569-571
      Ex's: What does "cat put.the | sort of.mouse" do?
            If "bsimp" is a program, what can "bsimp < son" do?