R. Clayton (rclayton@monmouth.edu)
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First i have never really had to use the labs there at monmouth and am a little
unsure where the CS Lab is and also do i need to gain access (login and pass)
from someone to access the machines?
The solaris lab is hh 520 on the second floor. If you find it locked, get a
cs faculty member or Rosanne Gunter in hh b23 (or the cops on a weekend) to
unlock it for you. The linux lab is hh 546 on the third floor.
If you've never used either of those systems before, your login-id is the
usual s0123456 and your password is the first letter of your last name (lower
case) followed by the two digit month of your birth, followed by the two
digit day of your birth. For example, if you were George Washington, the
father of our country, your password would be (without the double quotes)
"w0222". Your login-id and password are the same for both labs.
Second. The turn-in tool you were talking about, is it on the machines in the
Lab?
Let us read from the first paragraph in the Assignment Turn-In Section from
the assignment turn-in page:
The easiest way to turn-in your assignment is to use send-files:
/export/home/class/cs-438-505/bin/send-files -an (-t | -s) [ files... ]
where n is the number of the assignment you're turning in (1 <= n <=
4). You can find the assignment number at the top of every assignment page,
as well as in the syllabus link from which you found the assignment
page. send-files should be available on any of the CS department's Solaris
or Linux machines.
You should definitely read the remaining paragraphs in that section, as well
as the entire turn-in page, which can be found through the link given at the
top of the assignment page, or through
www.monmouth.edu/rclayton/web-pages/f04-438-505/turnin.html
Third. As far as the groups go, personally id rather work by myself and maybe
collaborate with some other in the class but i work 2 jobs so i do a lot of
late night coding and work so others might not be to pleased with that.
You haven't asked a question, so I'll offer some observations. If the
problem is doing two jobs and a massive programming assignment potentially in
a group, then the correct answer probably isn't doing the assignment
yourself, despite your preferences. If you can get the work done in a
reasonable amount of time (as defined by you and your partner), I would think
that it doesn't make any difference when you do the work.
Lastly. You were saying about copying the code from the computers in the lab
so that i could work on it outside the lab and there being problems with
upkeep. I remember you saying stay away from copying the code! I want to do
most of this work and testing outside CS Lab. Is there way i can do this?
You can copy the files. I didn't say you couldn't copy files; I just
recommended that you don't, and told you the most common problem that happens
when you do copy files. The final decision on what to do is yours.
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