Fall 2008 SPR720 Weekly Schedule
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The tentative weekly schedule shown here is subject to change.
Week 1 (Sept 1) - Intro to Open Source / Command-line Basics
- Course introduction
- Introduction to Open Source and Linux
- Introduction to/Review of the command line
- Why use the command line?
- Accessing the command line locally and remotely
- VT's, terminal programs
- ssh
- Command recall and editing
- Linux Commands
- Builtin vs. external
- Types of arguments
- Option
- Positional
- Option with value
- The Linux filesystem hierarchy
- Accessing Documentation
- manpages
- info
- Documentation viewers
- TODO
- Set up your accounts as described on the LUX Communication page.
- Complete the SPR720 Command Lab and blog about the experience.
Week 2 (Sept 8) - Bash Scripting Basics I
Week 3 (Sept 15) - Bash Scripting Basics II
Week 4 (Sept 22) - Makefiles
Week 5 (Sept 29) - Creating SPEC files and RPMs
Week 6 (Oct 6) - RPM Scripts
Guest speaker: Andrew Overholt
Andrew Overholt works at Red Hat's Toronto office on Eclipse.