CS-371 GUIDELINES

A word on Environment

 CS371 labs are conducted  on Pentium PCs running linux.  These linux boxes are located in the undergraduate laboratory SH118. I will advise all of you to use csh or any compatible shell.  To have correct environment variables and path, please make sure that in your login shell file (.cshrc for csh) you are sourcing

  /local/config/cshrc.standard

For csh the correct way to do it is to have the following lines in your .cshrc file.

 if ( `uname -s`== "Linux") then
 ### All the linux configuration files goes here
  source /local/config/cshrc.standard

 else
 ### configuration files for other systems goes here
 endif

If you prefer to use some other shell (bash or sh) read the documentation to correctly source the configuration files.
 
 

Assignments and Submission Rules

*  All assignments will be available on the web page. The link to the web page is:
             http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~ppesara/cs371/

  You can copy the relevant file to your directory. You can either use  unix 'cp' command or you can use netscape. If you are using 'cp',  go to the directory to which you
   want to copy the file,

  for example,  to copy home assignment -1
   cp    ~ppesara/public_html/cs371/ 371hw1.html  .

 If you are using the netscape, go  to the file menu, click on   'Open file', type the complete path, this will open the file in your browser, then use 'Save as' option to save it in    your directory.

* Most of the assignments need to be turned in by email.  If a certain assignement requires some other mode of submission, there will be specific instructions for that.  All programs should be sent to me as attachments.

* All lab assignments are worth 10 points.

* Please make sure that you turn in your assignment on or before the due date. Failure to do so will cost you points. As a general rule I will deduct one  point for each day after the due date for a week. Assignments will not be  accepted after one week of the due date. Also, weekends (Sat & Sun) shall be counted  for this purpose.

*  Marks will be deducted if there is any sign of plagarism .

*  I will accept till midnight (of the due date) as the deadline time for submitting assignments.

* In case you  have some problems because of which you can't submit your assignment on time,  please let me *AND* Dr. Auguston know about it before the due date.

* I will pay particular attention to documentation. Please clearly write whatever assumptions you make, method of compilation, invocation procedure, inputs, outputs, special conditions, any known bug, etc. for your programming assignments. I  will need all of this information to grade your work.

* While grading wherever I take a point off, I will put a small remark. If you  are not satisfied with it, feel free to come and discuss it.

* I will set up a home page where you can check your scores and class standing.
  The URL for it is

 http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~ppesara/cs371/cs371grad.html
 
 
 

  •   The webpage for cs371

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           http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~ppesara/cs371/
     
     

  •   Professor's homepage

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             http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~mikau/index.html
     

             http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~mikau/aadebug.html
     

     
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