CS 371 and NET 371 - UNIX (Programming Environment) - Fall 2015
Instructor
Dr. Hoang Bui, Assistant Professor, School of Computer ScienceEmail: h-bui at wiu dot edu
Office: 447L Stipes Hall
Class Meetings
MWF 9:00am-9:50am, 132 Stipes HallOffice Hours
MWF 2:00pm-3:20pmAdditional office hours are available by appointment.
Office hours are subjected to change. Any changes will be updated on the course website.
Course Overview
This course will introduce UNIX environment to students. Students will learn about history of UNIX and reflect on its philosophy. Students will become familiar with UNIX terminal and be able to use some basic UNIX commands. This course will also give students a deep understand on how UNIX systems operate. Course topics include pipes, file system and shell scripting. Additionally, students will also write, compile, and run several C programs that invoke system calls.Course Textbooks
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Required: Eric Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming, Addison-Wesley, 1st edition. |
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Required: Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike, The Unix Programming Environment, Prentice-Hall, 1st edition. |