This unit provides students with an introduction to UNIX tools for managing processes; searching, editing and modifying files and data streams; and command interpreters and shell scripts. In addition, students will learn about a typical system call interface and its use for systems programming in a language like C.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
For on campus students, workload commitments are:
You will need to allocate up to 5 hours per week in some weeks, for use of a computer, including time for newsgroups/discussion groups.
Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and tutorial sessions, however, you should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
CSE2391, CSE3391
One of FIT1008, FIT1015, CSE1303
Robert Merkel
Robert Merkel
At the completion of this unit students will have:
Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 20% | Monday 18 April 2011 |
| Assignment 2 | 20% | Friday 27 May 2011 |
| Laboratory Exercises | 10% | At the end of each lab session |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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You will need access to:
These may be accessed at no cost in Monash computer laboratories, or by remotely using a (freely-downloadable) ssh utility to log into the ra-clay Monash Linux server. Linux distributions are also downloadable at no cost, but no installation support will be provided for these.
| Week | Date* | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 21/02/11 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | 28/02/11 | Unit Introduction, Editing with the Vim Editor | Laboratory Exercises are assessed at the end of each lab session |
| 2 | 07/03/11 | Introduction to C, Make | |
| 3 | 14/03/11 | C programming: Pointers & Data structures | |
| 4 | 21/03/11 | Unix C Programming | |
| 5 | 28/03/11 | Inter-process communication, the GLib utility library | Assignment 1 handed out |
| 6 | 04/04/11 | Introduction to shell programming | |
| 7 | 11/04/11 | Shell filters | |
| 8 | 18/04/11 | Shell programming | Assigment 1 due Monday 18 April 2011 |
| Mid semester break | |||
| 9 | 02/05/11 | Regular expressions | |
| 10 | 09/05/11 | Perl 1: scalars & arrays | Assignment 2 handed out |
| 11 | 16/05/11 | Perl 2: Perl regexes | |
| 12 | 23/05/11 | Perl 3: Perl modules, Perl 6. | Assignment 2 due Friday 27 May 2011 |
| 30/05/11 | SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC | |
*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.
To pass a unit which includes an examination as part of the assessment a student must obtain:
If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the unit non-examination total assessment, and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit
Participants must attend at least 8 of the 11 labs.
Correctness; efficiency; quality of solution; documentation
Assignment coversheets are available via
"Student Forms" on the Faculty website: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/
You MUST submit a completed coversheet with all assignments, ensuring
that the plagiarism declaration section is signed.
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
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You can find Monash's Education Policies at:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html
Key educational policies include:
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Reading List
Recommended texts:
Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition), Mark G. Sobell, ISB978-0131367364.
The C Programming Language, Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie (2nd edition). ISBN 9780131103627
The Linux Programming Interface, Michael Kerrisk, ISBN 978-1-59327-220-3
Programming Perl, Third Edition, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant. ISBN 978-0-596-00027-1