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CSc 284 - Operating Systems

Instructor: Fikret Ercal
Office Hours: 1-3 pm Mondays and 11-12 Wed. or when I am in my office (in CS 314)

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Grader: Neelanjana Dutta( nd2n8@mst.edu)
Office Hours: M, W – 3:00 to 4:30pm; (the week before a due date) Thursday – 2 to 4pm (in CS 342C):

RECITATION SESSIONS:
There will be recitation sessions for assignments. Students are highly recommended to attend these sessions.
The times will be announced in class.

Assignments and Announcements

Test III, Thursday Dec. 10 (in class)
TEST MATERIALS (Partial)

• Q/A Pool III
• VIDEO: Triumph of the Nerds ........ TV Transcripts

Program Submission Instructions

Lecture venue - 216 Computer Science Building Egress map (emergency exit route)

Tentative schedule for the rest of the semester

Syllabus, Guidelines, and Some Handouts

• Syllabus
• Q/A Pool I
• Q/A Pool II
• Q/A Pool III - updates will be completed by Dec 8th
• OS Glossary (Word File with definitions)
• Sample C shell files: .cshrc file ... A Sample .alias file ... .usercshrc file ... .login file ... .userlogin file
• C Language - Tutorial-1 ...... C Language - Tutorial-2
• Makefile Tutorials
• Shell Scripting - Examples
• UNIX stuff - fork(), exec(), etc.
• Signal Handlers: Sample Programs
• Multithreading - Sample Programs
• UNIX pipe(): Sample Programs
• Internet Socket Example - server code ....... client code
• Internet Socket Example - Server code to handle 2 clients simultaneously (Parent & Child)
• IPC-Handout for UNIX sockets
• VIDEO: Triumph of the Nerds ........ TV Transcripts

Lecture Slides (Powerpoint)

• Chapter 1
• Introduction to UNIX
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• UNIX Signals & Pipes (ppt slides)
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 17: Networking
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 11-supplement
• Chapter 12
• Chapters 14-15: Security
• Chapter 16: Distributed Processing, Client/Server

Tests

• Test I, Thursday, Oct. 8th
  RELATED MATERIALS
  • Q/A Pool I
  • OS Glossary (Word File with definitions)
  • UNIX stuff - fork(), exec(), etc.
• Test II, Tuesday, Nov. 3
  RELATED MATERIALS
  • Q/A Pool II
  • UNIX pipe(): Sample Programs
  • Signal Handlers: Sample Programs
  • OS Glossary (Word File with definitions)
• Final Exam,
  TEST MATERIALS (Partial)
  • Q/A Pool III
  • VIDEO: Triumph of the Nerds ........ TV Transcripts

Programming Assignments -

• Assignment 1: Shell Scripting; Due: Thursday, Sept 17th (midnight) ........... assignment1-suppl-fall09 ........... Sample run ........... Grading Rubric
  RELATED MATERIALS
  • Recitation Session: Monday Sept 14, 5 PM (in CS 209A)
  • Sample Shell Scripts
  • The AWK Manual
  • simple 'awk' examples
  • Shell Scripting Handout
  • Shell Scripting Primer 1
  • Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial
  • Bourne Shell Programming
  • Bash by example, Part 1
  • Bash by example, Part 2
• Assignment 2: Threads, critical sections, and mutual exclusion; Due: 8 pm, Thursday Oct. 1 st ........... Father file ........... Mother file ........... Daughter file
  ........... Grading Rubric ........... Threads supplement for Asg#2
  Recitation Session: Monday Sept 28, 5 PM (in CS 209A)
  RELATED MATERIALS
  • Multithreading - Sample Programs
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
• Assignment 3: Memory Management - Due: Thursday, Oct 29 (midnight) ........... Program List ........... Program Trace ........... Grading Rubric ........... supplement for Asg#3 ........... Submission Instructions
  ASSISTANCE FOR ASSIGNMENT 3
  • A Recitation session will be held on Wed, Oct 21, 5pm in Room TBA
  • Chapter 8
• Assignment 4: GROUP CHAT (using sockets and posix threads), Due: Nov. 17th (midnight) ........... Grading Rubric ........... Recitation Slides ........... Submission Instructions
  RELATED MATERIALS
  • Recitation Session on Monday, Nov 9th , 5 pm in CS 209A.
  • networks-IPC slides
  • Internet Socket Example - server code ....... client code
  • Internet Socket Example - Server code to handle 2 clients simultaneously (Parent & Child)
  • IPC-Handout for UNIX sockets
  • POSIX Thread Library Essentials
  • UNIX Signals (ppt slides)
  • Signal Handlers: Sample Programs

Useful Links

Technical Resources and Course Web Site for
Operating Systems, Sixth Edition, William Stallings

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