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In this project, we get started with some course initialization activities.

You're reading this, so you've likely already found your way to the course homepage. It consists of the syllabus plus additional course resources.

Please familiarize yourself with it, bookmarking important resources as appropriate, so that you can refer back when needed.

I'd recommend knowing how to get to the projects page (where you found the link for this project), as new content will be posted there.

Be sure to read through and over the syllabus, ensuring there are no questions on the material and organization of the course.

Familiarize yourself with your Journal, and once there:

• customize it (title/subtitle)
• add an introduction
• create your first week content

NOTE: Week 1 journal entry will be due before Monday, the remainder of the intro Journal content will be due by this project's deadline.

Using the resources found on the course homepage (or the lab46 website in general), locate and subscribe your lab46 e-mail address to the class mailing list (known as UNIX).

What is your Lab46 e-mail address? It is your lab46 username, followed by: @lab46.corning-cc.edu

We will make use of the alpine command-line mail user agent to do our e-mail transactions. Be sure to run the command and familiarize yourself with it.

We will use this for class discussions (along with irc, the notes wiki page, your Journal, etc.) and to disseminate announcements and other information.

Once subscribed, please send a message to the list introducing yourself (also so I can know to associate a particular e-mail address with you).

Using the tutorial, set up a screen session and join the #unix channel on irc. This has proven useful for more interactive (debugging!) conversations.

For many of you, this will be your first experience in the LAIR and/or logging onto Lab46.

If you are new, the first day I will have your login information which will be provided, and we will spend a few moments getting everyone logged in.

If you are already familiar, please ensure you can still log into the pods and lab46.

To both aid you and help you develop better development skills, I'd like for you to make regular commits and pushes to your Lab46 mercurial repository.

This way, you can have a regular snapshot of your work as you go along, plus have the ability to grab an older copy should something go wrong.

Like the Journal, I will be looking for a minimal amount of repository-related activity PER WEEK (for example, I will be looking for AT LEAST 1 commit in relation to your program for week 1).

As a first week activity, I would like for you to read the UNIX for the Beginning Mage book in its entirety, and spend ample time practicing the commands and concepts covered on lab46.

To be successful in this project, the following criteria must be met:

• Project must be submit on time, by the posted deadline to be eligible for full credit.
  • Late submissions will lose 25% credit per day, with the submission window closing on the 4th day following the deadline.
  • Early submissions can earn 1 bonus point per day in advance of the posted due date.
• Track/version appropriate files in your repository
• Create and submit a text file called info.text that contains the following information:
  • preferred name/nickname
  • preferred e-mail address
  • irc nick used in class chat (your username if unchanged)
  • other information I should know

To submit this project to me, use the submit tool, run the following command at your lab46 prompt:

$ submit unix uxi0 info.text
Submitting unix project "uxi0":
    -> info.text(OK)

SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED

You should get some sort of confirmation indicating successful submission if all went according to plan. If not, check for typos and or locational mismatches.

I'll be evaluating the project based on the following criteria:

39:uxi0:final tally of results (39/39)
*:uxi0:customized journal title [4/4]
*:uxi0:customized journal intro [4/4]
*:uxi0:subscribed lab46 address to class mailing list [4/4]
*:uxi0:subscribed to class mailing list [4/4]
*:uxi0:joined class irc chat [4/4]
*:uxi0:submitted info.text file [4/4]
*:uxi0:provided requested information in info.text [4/4]
*:uxi0:cloned lab46 mercurial repository into ~/src [3/3]
*:uxi0:committed and pushed populated .hgignore file [4/4]
*:uxi0:configured hgrc file [4/4]