ARCHIVE - Syllabus - Unix System Programming

Concurrency and Unix System Programming

Student Originated Software, 2009-10

Spring Quarter

Tue, Thu 10:00 am-12:00 pm, ACC

Web site: SOS Academic Program Page

Professor: Neal Nelson

Office: Lab 1 2010

Phone: 867-6738

Email: nealn@evergreen.edu

Office Hours: By arrangement

Unix Programming Consultant:

Sherri Shulman: sherri@evergreen.edu;

Textbook:
Unix System Programming, by Robbins and Robbins

Course Description

This component of the program covers Unix system programming with an emphasis on concurrency under the POSIX Unix standard. We will learn through reading about Unix concepts and then working on weekly programming exercises and projects.

By the end of this class you should be able to read and write your own Unix systems programs and understand how to write multi-threaded applications in Unix.

References and Handouts

Final Exam
Expected Work and Credit Requirements
Argv Analysis for asn1
Assignments and Projects
Lab Handin Guidelines
Textbook Website for Unix System Programming. You'll find the source code for each chapter at this site. You'll also find textbook errata.
USP Course Notes from the textbook website. I may be using some of these notes for lectures.
USP Textbook Programs.
USP Simulators
Operating Systems, Fall and Winter

Course Calendar and Readings

Assignments and Projects

Date	Topics Covered	Reading due for Tuesday	Lectures	Assignments and Projects
Week 1	Programs, Processes and Threads	USP Chapters 1,2	Lecture 1 - USP Ch2a.pdf Lecture 1 - USP Ch2a.mp3 Lecture 2 - USP Ch2b.pdf Lecture 2 - USP Ch2b.mp3 Thread-safe vs Reentrant	Asn 1 makeargv Message Logging, Section 2.13
Week 2	Processes in Unix, Shell Project	USP Chapters 3, 11	Lecture 3 - USP Ch3.pdf	Asn 2 - Process Chains, Section 3.8 Asn 3 - Process Fans, Section 3.9
Week 3	Unix Special Files Shell Project	USP Chapters 4,5,6 Shell Project Ch 11	Lecture 4 - USP Ch4.pdf Lecture 6 - USP Ch6	Got enough to do? Asn 4 - Shell Project, Ch 11
Week 4	Token Ring Project	USP Chapter 7	Lecture 7 - USP Ch7 Lecture 7 - USP Simulators	Asn 5 - Token Ring Project, Ch 7
Week 5	Signals	USP Chapter 8	Lecture 8 - USP Ch8.pdf
Week 6	Threads	USP Chapter 12	Lecture 12 - USP Ch12.pdf	Asn 6 - Parallel File Copy Ch 12.8
Week 7	Parallel Virtual Machine	USP Chapter 17	Lecture 17 - USP Ch17.pdf	Asn 7 - Parallel Virtual Machine, Ch 17
Week 8	Thread Synchronization	USP Chapter 13	Lecture 13 - USP Ch13.pdf
Week 9	Multiple Barriers Problem	USP Chapter 13		Finish all Work
Week 10	Final Exam	All Work Due Thursday	Credit Requrements

Evaluations are based on exams, programming assignments and programming projects. Failure to complete exams will result in no credit. Failure to submit a sufficient number of assignments of adequate quality may result in loss of credit. Credit will be awarded on an all-or-nothing basis for this component of the program.
You may work in a group for programming assignments and projects. For all collaborative work you must include the names of all contributors in your group. You must also clearly indicate your specific contribution to the completed work, for example, what parts of the code you altered, programmed, or tested. You must also include evidence that your program works as required (ie testing) or an explanation of the problems you encountered and how you attempted to solve them.
All exams are open book, open notes. All exams must be your own work exclusively unless explicitly instructed otherwise.
Reading is due on Tuesday the week it is assigned. Plan for programming exercises to be generally due one week after they are assigned, but due to varying or unexpected difficulty, some exercises may take two weeks. Plan to have programming projects done in three weeks (maximum three for the quarter).