CPSCI 107: Applications, Implications, and Issues

Lab 0

January 18, 2006

Play along at your computer as I demonstrate how to do the following things on the screen at the front of the classroom. If at any point you have a question, be sure to ask. We're going to do (or discuss) the following topics:

Getting Started

• make a connection to warp from your lab computer
• login on warp
• change your password on warp (passwd)
• log off warp (exit)
• use the online UNIX manual (man)

Unix File Management

• understand the structure of the UNIX file system and how to navigate it (cd)
• understand the special shorthand notation for various directories (/, ~, ., and ..)
• know what your home directory is
• know how to return to your home directory from no matter where you are in the file system
• understand the concept of the working directory
• know how to find out where you are in the file system (pwd)
• know how to manage directories (mkdir and rmdir)
• know how to list (ls) the contents of your directory

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