CSc 3320, System Level Programming
Dr. Michael Weeks

Syllabus

1. See the class specific information.
2. See the class policies.
3. See the specific dates of importance.
4. Topics

Homeworks, Exams, and other assignments

• Lab instructions
• Turning in policy for homeworks/labs
• Homeworks
  
  1. Homework #1 assignment, due September 24.
  2. Homework #2 assignment, due October 8.
  3. Homework #3 assignment, due October 29.
  4. Homework #4 assignment, due November 12.
  5. Homework #5 assignment, due December 3.
     Programs "myfork.c" and "pipe_example.c" should be on the SNOWBALL server. Program "pipe_example_v2.c" should help you.
• Quiz schedule
  Dates may change as needed.
  1. Quiz 1, Sept 13
  2. Quiz 2, Sept 27
  3. Quiz 3, October 25
  4. Quiz 4, November 29
• Mid-term Exam schedule
  The Mid-term Exam will be given in the classroom, Monday October 2, 2023
• Final Exam schedule
  The Final Exam will be given in the classroom, Monday December 11, 2023, 10:45-13:15

Class Materials

• Always put your name in the comments in your code.
• You should not be using other people's code in your programs. If you do, you must indicate what it is (including which lines), who wrote it, and where it comes from.
• common unix commands
• External page about vi
• External page about unix commands
• C Programming - A Modern Approach (website)
• Need a C program? Here is hello.c
  More hello examples are here.

Log Files and other resources

• Link to the tutoring center
• Links from students
• National Society of Black Engineers poster (posted is from a previous semester; let me know if the link does not work)
• pictures of the RPi 400
• Undefined reference to sqrt
• Log from Aug21_2023.
• Log from Aug23_2023.
• Log from Aug28_2023.
• Log from Aug30_2023.
• Log from Sept6_2023.
• Log from Sept11_2023.
• Log from Sept13_2023.
• Log from Sept18_2023.
• Log from Sept25_2023.
• Log from Sept27_2023.
• Log from Oct3_2023.
• Log from Oct9_2023.
• Log from Oct11_2023.
• Log from Oct16_2023.
• Log from Oct18_2023.
• Log from Oct23_2023.
• Log from Oct25_2023.
• Log from Oct30_2023.
• Log from Nov1_2023.
• Log from Nov6_2023.
• Log from Nov8_2023.
• Log from Nov13_2023.
• Log from Nov15_2023.
• Log from Nov27_2023.
• Log from Nov29_2023.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate knowledge of ssh and sftp to connect and transfer files
• use a Unix/Linux computer, especially shell commands
• apply C programming to solve problems
• demonstrate knowledge about pipe, fork, exec, and other process mechanisms such as wait and exit
• apply structs to access directory contents and/or process data, especially "struct dirent", "struct stat", and "struct task_struct" (Linux) / "struct proc" (BSD, Linux)