Mark Humphrys - Teaching - CA249

Enterprise Computer Systems Configuration

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Module

• Mark Humphrys
• Gary Conway
• Brian Stone

• CA249 - Enterprise Computer Systems Configuration (and here) (EC)

• Moodle
  • CA249

• email lists
  • ca249 list archive

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Practical and Exam

• 50 percent practical. 50 percent exam.

• Lectures:
  • 6 weeks: Mark. Linux and Shell. 5 quizzes or programs. Total 25 percent. Marking on the day or at the next lecture.
  • 5 weeks: Gary. Computer Systems Configuration. 5 exercises. Total 25 percent. Marking on the day.
  • 1 week: Field trip.

• Exam for 2012 will be:
  • 2 hours.
  • 4 questions. 2 Mark. 2 Gary.
  • Answer 3 out of 4 questions. 33 percent each. Automatic 1 percent.

• Past exam papers

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How to contact me

See How to contact me.

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My section - 5 weeks on Intro to Linux and Shell scripting

My notes contain many hyperlinks to background material. Some students get confused about what is the core course. The core course is anything that is linked to directly on this front page. All other links are just background material.

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Reference

1. UNIX / Linux tutorials [REFERENCE]
2. UNIX / Linux reference [REFERENCE]
   • DCU-specific

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Week 1 - Introduction to Linux

1. How to login to Linux at DCU

2. Lab - Intro to UNIX / Linux

3. Introduction to UNIX
   • Case sensitivity
   • Filenames and Special Characters
   • Some Commands to get started

4. EXERCISE - Intro to Linux Quiz - NOT FOR MARKS

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Week 2 - More Linux

1. More UNIX
   • Pipes and redirection

2. Configuration files
   • How to change the PATH
   • How to set up aliases
   • How to change the prompt

3. UNIX file protections
4. UNIX directory protections

5. ASSESSMENT - More Linux Quiz - 5 PERCENT

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Week 3 - Introduction to Linux shell

1. Introduction to Shell
   • Pipes and redirection in scripts
   • Arguments and returns

2. Lab - Shell
3. Sample Shell programs

4. How to set up an active desktop in 6 lines of Shell

5. ASSESSMENT - Active desktop - 5 PERCENT

6. ASSESSMENT - xprog - 5 PERCENT - MARKED NEXT WEEK

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Week 4 - More Linux shell

1. More on Shell
   • Environment variables
   • Strings and echo
   • File wildcards

2. How to write a search engine in 9 lines of Shell

3. ASSESSMENT - Search engine - 5 PERCENT - MARKED NEXT WEEK

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Week 5 - Shell utilities

1. Shell utilities
   • grep
   • cut, sed, etc.

2. ASSESSMENT - YouTube download - 5 PERCENT - MARKED NEXT WEEK

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Books

• UNIX in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Books, 4th edn, 2008 (though earlier editions also good). Library 005.43. Bookshop.

• Linux in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Books, 5th edn, 2005 (though earlier editions also good).