BTO120 - Operating Systems for Programmers - UNIX

Prerequisite(s)
None

Topic Outline

• Operating Systems Basics - 10%
  •         hardware basics
  •         command line vs GUI interfaces
  •         resource management
  •         device management
  •         task management
  •         user management
  •         memory management
  •         networking
  •         history of UNIX and Linux (flavours, strengths, weaknesses)
• UNIX Basics - 30%
  •         shells
    •             changing shells (chsh)
    •             common shell commands
    •             common shells (sh, csh, ksh, bash)
    •             how the shell processes a command
    •             logging in to the shell (login,telnet)
  •         changing passwords (passwd)
  •         command line editing (correcting mistakes)
    •             command line history
    •             command separation and grouping ( ; & ( ) )
    •             some useful shell commands (echo, whereis, date, cal, who, clear, man, uptime)
  •         viewing files (cat, more, less, head, tail)
    •             logging (ctrl-d, exit, logout)
    •             redirecting output
  •         UNIX file system
    •             root file system
    •             tree structure
    •             UNIX file types
  •         stdin, stdout, stderr
    •             redirecting input
  •         file system commands
    •             basic file & directory manipulation commands (cd, chmod, cp, ls, mkdir, pwd, rm, rmdir, umask)
    •             file processing commands
    •             manipulating files (cut, find, which, less, lpr, more, sort, touch)
    •             navigating the file system (pathnames, prompt, wildcards, [], ? *, ~)
  •         quoting special characters (backslash)
  •         using pipes
  •         regular expressions
  •         file processing commands (grep, egrep, fgrep, uniq, diff, cmp, wc, tr, pr)
  •         file compression (gzip, gunzip, zcat, zmore, zcmp, zgrep)
  •         vi Editor
    •             ASCII files vs binary files
    •             basic commands (:!, :q, :r, :set, :w, :wq, :x, i, p, u, yy, ZZ, .n, Ctrl-Z)
    •             basic editing (x, dd, dw, d$, D, d0)
    •             basic searching (/) and replacing
    •             modes (command, input, last line)
    •             moving the cursor (., h, l, k, j, H, L, nG, w, b, 0, $, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+B)
  •         network & communication utilities
    •             communication (write, talk, mesg, mail, finger, mail, pine)
    •             file transfer (ftp)
    •             remote connection (PuTTY, telnet, ssh)
  •         process control
    •             batch/real time/time sharing/time slicing
    •             foreground/background
    •             OS concepts of thread and process management
    •             process control commands (& , ps, kill, Ctrl-C, top)
• Installing Linux - 5%
  •         disk partitions
• X Windows GUI - 10%
  •         overview of X Window protocol
  •         windows managers
  •         running X Applications locally and remotely
  •         desktop Managers
  •         KDE & GNOME
• Scripting - 25%
  •         how the shell runs a script
  •         creating and running scripts
  •         manipulating information from files (join, awk)
  •         comments
  •         shell operators
  •         variables (HOME, ~, PATH, PS1, USER, TERM, PWD, VISUAL)
  •         reading and writing user defined variables
  •         costomizing shells (.bashrc, .profile, alias, export)
  •         integer and string comparison (test)
  •         debugging a script
  •         screen Control
    •             clearing the screen
    •             moving the cursor
  •         shell functions
  •         scripting Conditional Statements
    •             if-the-else, for, while, until, break, continue, case
• Program Development and Version Control - 20%
  •         linking to libraries
  •         conditional compilation of multiple source files (make)
  •         specifying dependencies
  •         optimizing executables
  •         measuring software performance (gprof)
  •         size vs running time
  •         developing and using libraries (ar, nm)
  •         version control of source files
  •         creating files
  •         checking out files
  •         rolling back changes
  •         merging versions
  •         source code debugging (gdb, dbx)

Mode of Instruction
Modes: In-class lecture, in-class exercises, and hands-on activity
Hours per week: 4
Room configurations: Classroom (2 hours), and computer lab (2 hours)
Typical scheduling pattern: Fall and Winter terms

Prescribed Texts
None

Reference Material
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, 4th Edition by Mark Sobell - ISBN 9780134774602

Required Supplies
None

Student Progression and Promotion Policy
To obtain a credit in this subject, a student must:

•      Achieve an average of 50% or better for the two tests.
•      Achieve a grade of 50% or better on the overall course.

http://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/about/policies/student-progression-and-promotion-policy.html

Grading Policyhttp://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/about/policies/grading-policy.html

For further information, see a copy of the Academic Policy, available online (http://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/about/policies/academics-and-student-services.html) or at Seneca's Registrar's Offices. (https://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/registrar.html).

Modes of Evaluation
- Quizzes (minimum of 5) - 30%
- Assignments (minimum of 3) - 30%
- Tests (minimum of 2 tests at 20% each) - 40%