The main topics covered in this unit include computer systems, operating systems, process management and coordination, memory management including modern implementations of virtual memory, file systems, operating system security, shell variant scripting, regular expressions, Unix utilities, Unix file system, Unix system administration and installation, Unix programming, research and development.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
There are 4 contact hours for this unit per week:
The amount of time students need to allocate to their assignment work and understanding of material will vary from student to student. The university model of a 6 point unit suggests that an average workload would be 12 hours per week including the 4 contact hours of classes, and an additional 8 hours of assigned work and private study.
CPE3007, CPE2008, CSE2208, CSE2391, CSE3001, CSE3208, CSE3391, FIT3041, GCO3813
One of FIT1001, FIT1031 or CSE1201 or equivalent
Professor Bala Srinivasan
Professor Bala Srinivasan
Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment I - Shell Scripting | 20% | Paper copy submission in week 7 in the lecture, soft copy through file transfer - refer to the assignment sheet. |
| Unit Test | 10% | Week 9 tutorial class |
| Assignment II - Programming Exercise | 10% | Paper copy submission in week 11 in the lecture, soft copy through file transfer - refer to the assignment sheet |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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Access to Linux or Unix off-campus would be useful, but is not required.
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Computer systems overview, introduction to Unix and brief history of Unix | |
| 2 | Getting a handle on the Unix OS | |
| 3 | Shell scripting | |
| 4 | Process description and control I | |
| 5 | Process description and control II | |
| 6 | Concurrency, deadlock and starvation | |
| 7 | Memory management | Assignment I due |
| 8 | File management | |
| 9 | Unix utilities | Unit test |
| 10 | Unix security | |
| 11 | System administration | Assignment II due |
| 12 | Review | |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Partial reading list for this unit (Note: Multiple copies of the listed books are available in Monash Libraries):