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notes:unix:spring2025:projects:dac0

DAC0 project documentation

Toolbox

It would be especially useful to review the manual pages or any documentation on the following resources:

  • ls(1) - lists files.
  • apropos(1) - lists commands that have a given term
  • unzip(1) - unzips zipped/compressed files
  • uudecode(1) - decodes file.
  • tac(1) - flips the text within the vertically.
  • tar(1) - manages archives
  • rev(1) - reverses lines of text.

Background

What is an archive

a place where data is collected, preserved, managed, and made accessible to those with permission; although many are public.

in the context of Linux, an archive is a place to store as many folders / files as one needs into one centralized file for long-term use.

What actions can be performed on an archive?

an archive can be compressed to be smaller

What is compression

the proccess of encoding data into fewer bits than the original representation

How does compression differ from archiving?

archiving doesn't reduce file size, while compression does.

Types of compression (lossy vs lossless)

after compressing a file with a lossless technique, the original image before it was compressed should look exactly the same after it is decompressed. Lossy compression makes a file lose data everytime it is compressed and decompressed.

Procedure

Repository Operations

Checking current repository status

hg status

Adding untracked files to repository

hg add <File name>

Committing changes

hg commit -m “your message here”

Pushing commits upstream to server

hg push

Pulling changes from server

hg pull

Updating current repository

hg update

notes/unix/spring2025/projects/dac0.txt · Last modified: 2025/02/04 02:20 by tstrickl