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FIT3042

System tools and programming languages ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Undergraduate
(IT)

Leader: Ann Nicholson

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: This unit introduces UNIX tools for managing processes; searching, editing and modifying files and data streams; command interpreters and shell scripts; and a typical system call interface and its use for systems programming in a language like C.

Assessment: Assignments and practical assessment: 40%; Practical examination: (3 hours): 60%.

Contact Hours: one x 2 hr lecture/week, one x 2 hr tutorial/fortnight, one x 2 hr prac/fortnight.

Prerequisites: FIT1008, FIT1015, CSE1303

Prohibitions: CSE2391, CSE3391