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Subject: Introductory unix lectures
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Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 21:55:55 EDT
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I realize that many, or perhaps most, readers of this article will not
be interested in these lectures.  However, I think that there will also
be readers who are interested, so: here are the descriptions of this
series of my unix lectures.


These lectures do not depend on each other; you  can  attend  any
one  without any other.  Lectures are one hour long.  Everyone is
welcome.


Tuesday 6 October, GB220, 3:00 PM - An overview of UNIX  philoso-
phy.   What  life  was like before UNIX, and some of the big UNIX
design decisions that changed all this.  What UNIX is supposed to
be like from the user's point of view.


Thursday 8 October, GB304, 2:00 PM - Intro UNIX  usage.   Setting
up  your  account,  dotfiles,  subdirectories, commands and argu-
ments, shells, redirection, pipes.


Friday 9 October, GB119, 4:00 PM - Introduction to the C program-
ming  language.   The  advantages  of  a "medium-level language".
Basic control structures; pointers if we have time.


Wednesday 14 October, GB119, 1:00 PM - The C-shell.  Job control,
history  substitutions,  aliases,  shell  variables, builtin com-
mands.


Thursday 15 October, GB248, 4:00 PM -  Intro  UNIX  architecture.
The file structure, processes, the kernel, shells.


Monday 19 October, 5:00 PM - Intro UNIX usage  again.   A  little
less  theoretical  this  time, giving us a little time to discuss
the C-shell as well.  Room to be announced; watch for news.


For more information mail to me at flaps@utcsri.