Time and Location

Wednesdays, 7PM - 9PM
September 6 - December 13, 2006
Room 109 WWH

Instructors

Jeffrey Korn (kornjcs.nyu.edu)
Room 401 WWH
Office Hour: Wednesdays, 6PM - 7PM
 
Ernest Lee (eleecims.nyu.edu)
Room 1021 WWH
Office Hour: Wednesdays, 6PM - 7PM

Description

This is a graduate course in Computer Science on UNIX programming tools. This course gives a broad view of the UNIX operating system, and provides a description of user level tools available to users and programmers. Scripting languages such as shell and Perl will be presented, as well as administrative tools, security, and networking. We will also cover some UNIX system programming and internals.

Prerequisites

This course requires an understanding of modern operating systems and a working knowledge of a programming language such as C, C++ or Java. Students will be asked to work on a substantial programming project and will need to develop good technical writing skills and programming skills.

Required Texts

Recommended Texts

UNIX in a Nutshell, 4th Edition (Oct 2005) Arnold Robbins O'Reilly Media ISBN: 0596100299 Froogle, Amazon. This book is an excellent reference. This book and several others are available online for free (from NYU IP Addresses), so purchasing a hard copy is optional.	OR	UNIX CD Bookshelf 3.0 (Feb 2003) O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 0596003927 Froogle, Amazon. This is a version of the above book that includes a CD rom with 6 additional excellent books (also available online).
Learning Perl, 4th Edition (July 2005) Schwartz, Phoenix, & foy O'Reilly Media ISBN: 0596101058 Froogle, Amazon. A good book for learning Perl; Suggested if you do your project with Perl (available online)	OR	The New KornShell Command and Programming Language Bolsky & Korn Prentice Hall ISBN: 0131827006 Froogle, Amazon. Best reference on ksh; Suggested if you do your project with KornShell.

Grading

Assignments:	30%
Midterm:	15%		October 25, in class
Final:	20%		December 13, in class
Project:	35%

Computer accounts

All students must be able to access the Web and a programming environment. Any student can obtain an account on the Computer Science department Sun workstations that will provide such access.

If you do not already have a CIMS account you MUST formally request one by sending an email to the department administrator with the following information:

• Name
• Social security number or student ID number
• Department, degree program
• CS classes for which you are registered.

Mailing list

Students must sign up for the course mailing list. Messages are posted to the list by sending email to g22_2245_001_fa06@cs.nyu.edu.

Policy on lateness and exam absence

Assignments turned in up to one week late will receive a 10% penalty; Homework handed in up to two weeks late will receive a 25% penalty; no credit will be given for any assignment submitted later than two weeks from the due date. There is no leniency for the final project and exams.

Academic Integrity

Cheating on an examination is a zero-tolerance offense, resulting in an F on the course and going to the Dean of Studies. Homework and projects must be done individually and must be original work. You are not permitted to look at code from any student in the class, present or former. Any discovery of plagiarism (the web, other publications, and/or friend's project) will result in an F on the course and a visit to the Dean of Studies. For more information, click here.