Course Lab

Lab 7 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/6

See Appendix B

General Lab Directions
Note: There is not enough time in lecture to cover all the material; read your book BEFORE you begin the lab
Note: Typically labs will require you to invest some time in the lab, outside of class lecture hours

•Check with the Instructor for the due date
•Document the required steps/commands/tags before you start, 30%
•Successful completion of activity, 40%
•Hands On, 30%

Make a folder named Lab7 on your floppy or O: drive.
Right click here, then choose Save Target as... to save in the Lab7 folder. Save this as yourname-lab7.rtf
Open Wordpad, then open yourname-lab7.rtf
At the end of this process, you will be turning in answers using the Quizzes area of Desire2Learn, based on the following questions. So, to get the best score, fill in all the answers in this document first.

If you don't have access to Linux, you might try Cygwin, an Open Source Linux emulator for Windows.
(No tech support for Cygwin, use at your own risk)

If you don't have access to Linux, you might try http://www.ubuntu.com/ to order or download a version of Linux that you can use without installing (boot from ubuntu Live CD... No tech support for Ubuntu, use at your own risk)

Using Linux, demonstrate the following:

Documentation
Documentation 30%

man
What does the command do?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
How do you end the man session

ls
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
After doing the activity, come back and fill in the examples
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

mkdir
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

cat
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

cp
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

rm
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

rmdir
What does the command do?
What is the DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

mv
What does the command do?
What is one DOS equivalent?
What is the other DOS equivalent?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

chmod
What does the command do?
What is the syntax for the command? (Syntax does not include specific drives or directories)
Write out one example of how the command was entered into Linux in this lab

Linux Activity (near the end of the process, this is what you should have, then you delete the items you made)

/ (root)
          |
       /home
                   |
                /home/your account ($HOME)
                            |
                          testx
                                      |----test.txt
                                   web
                                              |----test.txt

Using Linux, demonstrate the following by executing the commands, and writing down the command and parameters that worked.

Create a folder. ITSC 1305-01 students will call this folder test1. 1305-02 students will call this folder test2.
Exact command typed into Linux to create folder: ______ ___________
Change into the new folder. Exact command typed into Linux: ___ ___________
Use touch to create a file called test.txt. Exact command typed into Linux: touch test.txt
Start the emacs editor, Exact command typed into Linux: emacs test.txt
Now edit the file to include your name in the text file. Save current buffers.
Display the contents of your text file. Exact command typed into Linux: ___________ ___________
Create a folder named web. Exact command typed into Linux: ___________ ___________
Display a simple directory listing. Exact command typed into Linux: ______
Copy your text file into the folder called web. Exact command typed into Linux: __________ ___________
Run a recursive directory listing to see the contents of all directories, Exact command typed into Linux:___-___
Change into the web folder. Exact command typed into Linux: ___________ ___________
Rename the text file in the web folder to index.htm. Exact command typed into Linux: ___ ____ ___
Change from the web folder to your 'test' folder. Exact command typed into Linux: cd ..
Set the web folder to standard Internet folder permissions. Exact command typed into Linux: _____ ____ web
Display a detailed directory listing to verify the permissions were set. Exact command typed into Linux: __-__
Display the Calendar for September of 1752. Exact command typed into Linux: _____ _____ ___________
Change into the web folder. Exact command typed into Linux: ___________ ___________
Command used to delete your index.htm file. Exact command typed into Linux: ___________ ____________
Command used to move from web folder back to your 'test1' or 'test2' folder. Exact command typed into Linux: __ ___
Command used to delete empty web folder. Exact command typed into Linux: _________ __________
Command used to delete your test.txt file(s). Exact command typed into Linux:__________ _________
Note: you may add a * to the file name if you also want to delete the test.txt~ file... ___ test.txt~
Move out of your test folder to your home folder . Exact command typed into Linux: cd $HOME
Command used to delete your 'test1' or 'test2' folder. Exact command typed into Linux:__________ _________
Command used to log out ___________________
Transfer your answers to a Word document yourname-lab7.rtf. Print the results to turn in. Upload the file as directed.

. Hands On
Use the class website, or whatis to get a description of a command, or apropos to search for keywords to locate a command

Command or character used to search for a file ____________________
Command /character to take the output of man ls and use it as the input of the more command:
man ls ___more
Command or character used to redirect output, say from the monitor to a printer _________
Command or character used to search for words or phrases within files ____________________
Command or character used to remove duplicate lines from a file ____________________
Command or character used to show differences in files ____________________
Command or character used to change lower case to upper case ____________________

You will then transfer your answers to the D2L Quiz for lab 7.
Choose the Quizzes menu, and locate Lab 7.
Save changes to your file, and submit this documentation if desired, as directed

for Labs that require files to be electronically submitted
•if you have multiple files, zip the required file(s) and/or folder(s)
• rename the zipped file to reflect your name and the lab being turned in
       •Example: yourname-lab1 or yourname-lab1.zip (if your extensions are visible)
       (For additional help on selecting, zipping, or renaming files, see Windows Crash Course)

If submitting by Temple College Desire2Learn:
       •Log into D2L, scroll to the bottom, and choose the correct course
       •When the Course Home Page appears, click on the Dropbox link.
        D2L navigation

Dropbox directions

1. Choose the class for which you want to drop off an assignment.
2. Find the Dropbox tool, click on it.
3. Choose the appropriate Dropbox folder, click on it.
4. Choose [Add a File], then choose [Browse]; you may need to choose (My) Computer first
5. Find the file that you would like to upload and click open, then choose [Upload]
6. Type in a short description or comment about the file, if you like.
7. Select [Add] for any additional files that may be pertinent, and repeat
8. After your files have been selected, click [Upload]. (You will always click upload at least twice)
9. Some files may take a long time to upload (especially if there are graphics in the file).
Did my file get through?
1. Go to the Dropbox tool
2. Click the number under Submissions
3. All of the assignments that have been submitted will be listed.