Undergraduate - UnitFIT3042 - System tools and programming languages

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton First semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an introduction to UNIX tools for managing processes; searching, editing and modifying files and data streams; and command interpreters and shell scripts. In addition, students will learn about a typical system call interface and its use for systems programming in a language like C.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have:

knowledge of the Unix philosophy at shell and system call levels;
comprehension of Unix shells and the POSIX standard;
knowledge of the variety of tools available and understanding of a core selection of them;
knowledge of the Unix system call interface and associated systems programming;
programming skills at the Unix shell level using pipelines and shell scripts applying a number of tools;
programming skills at the system call level for systems programming.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Robert Merkel

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Software engineering
Systems development

Prerequisites

One of FIT1008, FIT1015, CSE1303

Prohibitions

CSE2391, CSE3391

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit3042