Systems Programming 43203/11625 53203/11642

Spring 1998

• Course Description
• Instructor: Dan Bennett, 143A MSB. Phone 2430 ext 115. User ID. bennett . It is best to send me email when you wish to contact me. (If you use the mailto feature, make sure to identify yourself)

• Office Hours:
  • Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 10:39am
  • Monday through Friday 2:00 pm - 4:00pm
  • and by appointment.

• Prerequisite: 4/53201 Operating Systems. Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of the C programming language, in addition, an intermediate knowledge of the Unix Operating System is assumed.

• Time: Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 - 1:30

• The Primary Text for this Class is : Unix Systems Programming for SVR4 David A. Curry.

• Supplemental Texts include:
  • Unix Man Pages.
  • The PERL manual.
  • A good shell reference book, for your favorite shell.
  • A good UNIX book (if you need one). O'Reilly nutshell books are good.

• Grades: Grades will be assigned according to the following scale,
  • A 90-100
  • B 80-89
  • C 70-79
  • D 60-69
  • F 0-59

• Grade Calculation: Grades will be calculated based on the following
  • Midterm 20%
  • Final Exam 30%
  • Other 50%

• Examples:
  • Examples from the Fall 1994 session of this class are on line.
  • Examples from the book are available on line as well.
  • Examples from this class will be put here.

• Grading Policy Statement: This is a technically oriented senior/graduate level class intended to prepare students to assist in the management of a unix system. Students are expected to produce working solutions in a timely manner. Non working solutions to problems will receive a failing grade, and late solutions will not be accepted under normal circumstances. All assignments are expected to be submitted with complete source code and documentation. Please refer to my Assignment Submission Guidelines for more information.

• Cheating: All work turned in is expected to be produced by the submittor. While discussing high level problems with classmates, tutors, and others is acceptable, the majority of the solution to the problem should be written by the submittor. If the instructor, in accordance with University rules, decides that students have cheated on an assignment or assignments, the student will be assigned grade of "F" for the class.

  Students whose work is identical to, or has the same structure as another's work may be considered to have cheated.

  The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science has issued a cheating policy. statement defining the various levels of cooperation. I expect students to interact at level B, discussion, at most.

• Students with Disabilities: The University has established a policy regarding students with disabilities. If you have special needs that will effect your performance in this class, please inform the instructor as soon as possible.