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Operating Systems Concepts & Design

Lab 01 - Navigation

Lab Pre-Reqs

For your username repository & your course repository, clone (copy) the repository locally by selecting “Code”, then selecting “Open with GitHub Desktop”.

GitHub Notes

GitHub Desktop will then open with the repository details - select Clone to continue. Select “Open in Visual Studio Code”.

Your cloned repository folder will now open in Visual Studio Code. From here, you can add and edit files and folders into the repository folder. Use the “Source Control” menu to write commit messages, make commits, and synchronize changes with GitHub (you can then refresh the browser page to see the changes after sync).

VSCode Notes

Lab Procedure

Make sure you have created a GitHub account and clicked the link in Pilot to generate your GitHub repository for this course

For each lab in this course, you will be provided with a lab template to fill in your lab answers. The Lab 01 Template can be copied from this link:

Assuming that you have cloned your repository and can open it in VS Code…

Create a new directory, Lab01

Create a new file in your Lab01 directory named README.md. In this file, paste the contents of the Lab 01 template.

As you work through the lab, practice making commits and synchronizing to your repository on GitHub. As the course progress, a history of multiple commits will become requirements.

Part 1 - GitHub Profile

Before you begin peruse these Instructions to create a GitHub profile README

  1. Create a new public GitHub Repository, owned by you, named your GITHUB username.
  2. Use this repository to create a profile README. Clone this repository to your system and create / edit README.md.
  3. Your profile (the README.md file) must include:
    • your name
    • your intended major
    • at least two projects you are going to work on this semester (because of a course or personal projects) and give an overview of them
  4. Visit some well-built profile repositories for inspiration and to form an idea of what your profile could look like as your experiences and projects mature:
  5. Edit the Lab Template to make the link validly point to your GitHub profile page - https://github.com/your_username

Fun Resources

Part 2 - Command Research

In your lab template, fill out the Action column associated with the Command Line commands that perform similar functions. PowerShell for Windows aliases its Verb-Noun style commands to Unix / Linux style commands. You should see what aliases work (or don’t) in Part 3 if you use Windows OS.

Windows Linux / Mac Action
help man  
Get-Location pwd  
Get-ChildItem ls  
mkdir mkdir  
Set-Location cd  
New-Item touch  
Move-Item mv  
Copy-Item cp  
Remove-Item rm  
notepad.exe vim  

You may, and should, look up the function of the above commands. Your summary in the Action column should be in your own words. Add your citations notes to the section in your Lab Template. If you used generative AI as a source, include the platform and the prompt used.

Part 3 - Command Line Navigation

There are three primary Operating System categories - Windows, Mac, and Linux. The system you are physically touching utilizes one of these three OSes. Your first tasking is to start using the Command Line program for you operating system and learn how to use commands to get around and create folders (directories) and files.

In the lab template, make sure the x is appropriately located according to note your OS if it is not Windows.

For your OS, open the default shell and navigate to your user’s directory (folder). Hint:

In your lab template, write in which shell you are using on your OS.

Now perform the actions given in the numbered list below. In your lab template, write the command to do the task given next to the task itself.

Cite sources, if needed, about how you found out how to do certain actions. Add your citations notes to the section in your Lab Template. If you used generative AI as a source, include the platform and the prompt used.

Start in your user’s home directory. Be attentive here. Windows users may have configured their system’s to store the full user’s directory in OneDrive.

  1. Provide the full / absolute path to your user’s home directory:
  2. Create a directory named DirA
  3. Create a directory named Dir B - the space in this name is intentional
  4. Go into DirA
  5. Go into Dir B from DirA
  6. Return to your user’s home directory
  7. Create a file named test.txt
  8. Move the file named test.txt into DirA
  9. Edit the contents of test.txt with some words of encouragement for yourself
  10. Make a copy of test.txt named copy.txt in DirA
  11. View the contents of DirA
  12. Make a copy of test.txt in Dir B named fodder.txt
  13. Delete / remove both fodder.txt AND Dir B
    • Challenge: delete Dir B and fodder.txt in one command

Submission

Remember that we can only grade what we see in GitHub. Make sure to commit and synchronize (push) your changes to your files.

Rubric

Your answers should be cleanly presented in your GitHub repository. Citations should be included as needed. Include which generative AI system was used and what prompts were used if generative AI was used.

Rubric