Part 1. Getting started with Unix/Linux.

1. Start your PC.
2. Choose "linux" in the boot option menu.
3. Use student as your username and leave the password area blank.
4. Start an X-terminal window by clicking on the terminal icon at the button of your screen.
5. Type netscape at the prompt.
6. Wait for netscape to come up. If you don't have a MASON account then visit http://mason.gmu.edu/ISO/SysEng/Mason/account.html
7. Open another terminal and login to your "Physics" account by typing
8. telnet physics.gmu.edu.
9. Read pages 21-29 of the handout on "Getting Friendly with Unix."
10. Change your working directory to /tmp.
11. Copy files myfile.m index.html and Area.f to your home directory. Go back to your home directory.
12. Make a subdirectory called WWW. Change the permission on WWW in such a way to make it viewable to the world. (Hint: Use chmod command. If you don't know how to use this command, then do man chmod to get help on chmod.)
13. Move index.html file to WWW directory.
14. Make a subdirectory called Fortran.
15. Make a subdirectory called Matlab.
16. Move myfile.m to Matlab subdirectory.
17. Move Area.f to Fortran subdirectory.
18. Execute the following commands
    • ls

      pwd

      cd Matlab

      pwd

      cd /usr/local

      pwd

      cd ..

      pwd

      cd

      pwd

      ls -R

      ls -al

      ls -F

      w

      whoami

      wc Fortran/myfile.f

      head Fortran/myfile.f

      tail WWW/index.html

       

19. From your home directory change your directory to one level higher. Change permission in your home directory in such a way that files under /WWW become viewable to the world.
20. Rename index.html to index2.html Under WWW subdirectory. Now try to view this file using netscape.
21. Execute ls -alFR > mydir.txt
22. Edit index2.html file and replace "Student Name" with your name and add your e-mail address to it. Reload the page in netscape and make sure that the changes you made are correct.
23. Logout from your "Physics" account.
24. Logout from your "local" machine.

Done.

Part II. Getting Started with Windows NT.

1. Reboot your PC.
2. Choose Windows NT Workstation (first option) in boot option menu.
3. Telnet to Physics.
4. Transfer the file mydata.dat on the floppy disk to your home directory on Physics using "ftp."
5. Transfer the file mydir.txt from Physics to the floppy disk.
6. Email your instructor with index2.html file as an attachment. For subject heading use "Phys 251 Assignment 2".
7. Return the floppy disk to your instructor.

Done.

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