Com S 228 --- Introduction to Data Structures

		     HOMEWORK 0: GETTING STARTED
		  (File $Date: 95/01/15 19:49:27 $)

Due:  problems 1-3, in your discussion section, week of Jan 19;
      5-7 beginning of class, Jan. 23.

In this homework, you will get around a bit on the Com S department machines,
learning how to print files, sending us vital information about your login,
and learning how to run C++ programs.

The section headings below give the readings related to the problems.


COURSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (HANDOUT) section 3.6

1. (10 points)
   If you haven't done this already, obtain a Com S department user account.
   To do this, go to the ``Unix Account Activation Terminal''
   in 116 Atanasoff Hall.  Then follow the directions on that terminal
   to get your account.  If you have problems with this, contact the
   System Support Group (ssg@cs.iastate.edu) at 294-9727 or go to their
   office in 108 Atanasoff Hall.

   If you cannot complete this by the due date, let us know you are
   having problems, and hand this problem in as soon as you get your account.

a. Send email to your TA with the subject "HW0, my information"
   Put in the body of the message the following information:
   your family name, your given name, the last 6 digits of your University ID
   number (i.e. your social security number), your Com S login name,
   your local phone number (if you have one), and time of the
   discussion/lab section for which you are registered.
   The format should look like the following example

	Family Name  Given Name Last 6 of ID  login      Phone      Section
	Leavens,     Gary       123456        leavens    294-1580   Thurs. 11

   We will use this information for grading reports, class lists,
   and as a means to contact you.
   (We won't let anyone see your phone number except the course staff.)

2. (12 points)
   This problem is about the course directory structure
   and the course documents in the doc directory.
   You need to log in to a Com S department machine to do it.
   Write brief answers to the following questions on a piece of paper
   and hand them in.

a. Change to the directory /home/cs228/public.  What are the names of the
   directories in /home/cs228/public?

b. One of the directories in /home/cs228/public is called doc.
   Change to that directory.
   What is in the file ``running-c++.txt''?

c. In what file in /home/cs228/public/doc are the office hours for the course?
   What are the office hours of your TA?

d. What is in the file ``error-messages.txt''?

e. What is in the file ``getting-to-coms.txt''?

f. What is in the file ``printing.txt''?


The rest of this homework is found in the file
	/home/cs228/public/homework/hw0.txt
You should work on-line from this file.  You might want to print a copy
if you'd rather have it in front of you.