and just to clear things up, what exactly do we submit?
BenRbtz
@BenRbtz
it says on the lab slides to submit README.txt, bash script and any additional files that the script depends on to work
ajaykumar10
@ajaykumar10
aah, ok
cheers
Dan Prince
@danprince
You need to provide a README which explains what your script does and how we can use it
This isn't the same as the one that gets generated
We're going to run everyone's script on our machines, so make sure you submit everything that we'll need for it to run.
GeorgeKouk
@GeorgeKouk
I was just wondering, when will the class test take place?
Noah
@eeue56
Next Tuesday
GeorgeKouk
@GeorgeKouk
ok :)
GeorgeKouk
@GeorgeKouk
On lab 1, Unix 2, Slide 9 you say there are for main modes for vim, but show 3 (just saying :) )
And for the first lecture (UNIX history) do you want us to remember the dates? (since there isn't much else to learn)
Dan Prince
@danprince
Good catch. Not sure how that typo made it past the lecture. There are actually more than 3 modes, but only 3 main ones. We'll make sure there are no class test questions that rely on this though.
You won't be expected to remember dates, but knowing a little about each of the distributions is useful, as well as the difference between FreeBSD and Linux
Will you be testing the assignments on terminal only, or are you planning on using xWindows? (i'm planning on using an image in the assignment)
Noah
@eeue56
Terminal only was the original plan
deliriou
@deliriou
Ok, thankyou
Noah
@eeue56
Look into converting images into ASCII :)
There are many programs that will do it for you and there's many cool examples
The most famous being an ASCII rendition of star wars, though I don't remember if that was done manually or not
deliriou
@deliriou
alright, ok. Thankyou
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Dan Prince
@danprince
For anyone that's interested, if you ssh into a Linux box, or install telnet on windows then you can run telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl to watch Star Wars in ASCII
conwy
@conwy
Hi. For the assignment, if we have a setup script made of quite a few functions, would you prefer us to make the functions into separate bash scripts?
Dan Prince
@danprince
Only if the functions are very large
>30 lines
conwy
@conwy
Thanks
ReeceAH
@ReeceAH
Is there a solution somewhere for that Julian Asange random thing?
Dan Prince
@danprince
We haven't released one, but I'm sure someone in here could share their solution with you?
Noah
@eeue56
@conwy - Follow your intuition. It should almost never be a case of a single function per file. Group related functions and functionality.
ReeceAH
@ReeceAH
Okay then, well if anyone sees this then could they share the script of randomising names, my username is eeu49f (for my email just in case I'm not on here)
deliriou
@deliriou
random question, is it possible to change the font size within the unix prompt?
hey, can you make it so we can re-submit the assignment on blackboard? I submitted an older version :\ lol
Dan Prince
@danprince
Just updated on Blackboard
rfrenchBangor
@rfrenchBangor
@danprince helloo, do you know roughly when we will get our marks back for lab 6?
Dan Prince
@danprince
Hopefully it will be by the end of tomorrow
Liam should let you know in the lecture tomorrow
rfrenchBangor
@rfrenchBangor
@danprince cool cheers :)
GeorgeKouk
@GeorgeKouk
I have a question, will you be marking the mystery based on the complexity of the commands used in the scripts (made by us) or the complexity of the commands that the user (you) has to perform in order to solve it?
Dan Prince
@danprince
Both
If you used complex commands, but all we need is cat, then that will count against you
Vice versa, if you just used mkdir and touch and we're expected to be using awk/sed/grep for everything
Try and find a good balance
GeorgeKouk
@GeorgeKouk
Oh well it's the opposite actually, I have used a lot of commands in the scripts but the users as to cd/read/execute scripts...
Dan Prince
@danprince
In that case, try and make it a bit more challenging for the user, in terms of commands