1. Introduction
   • Your name, email address, office #, office hours, etc.
2. Student accounts
   • Students who do not have accounts need to obtain unix accounts. Explain the procedure.
3. Unix
   • Here is a list of simple unix commands .
   • Explain man -k
   • Students who do not know unix can either access the site above or should buy "Unix at UMBC" at the bookstore (cost about $5.00).
4. Logging in from home
   • UCS is providing a free CD with the software necessary to logon from home. It includes help sheets for the installations.
   • The CDs are available in ECS 020 and consultants are also available to answer any questions you may have.
5. Editors
   • Explain that c programs are written using a text editor. Students other than CMSC & CMPE majors may choose to use :
     • Pico - looks & acts like pine
     • VI - those that know VI already can still use it
     • emacs - CMSC and CMPE majors should teach themselves emacs by using the emacs tutorial.
       • Type emacs at the unix prompt, then ^h t
       • Mention that CSCM offers tutorials on emacs and other topics.
     • Here is a list of some simple emacs commands and some pico commands.
6. Email
   • Pine - Walk the students through writing the required email described below.
7. Web
   • Browsers: Netscape, Explorer
   • Have students go to the course homepage

Exercise : Have each student send you an email.

• Student's name
• Section number
• Social Security number
• Programming experience and why they're taking 201

Exercise : Lead the students through writing Hello World

• Have the students use a text editor to write a source file called hello.c (as shown in lecture 2)
• try to compile the program
• fix syntax errors (one at a time)
• compile it
• run it

Wednesday, 25-Aug-1999 15:37:00 EDT