Unix Environment BasicsCSCI-1302

Lakshmish Ramaswamy

Organizational Matters

• TA: Osama Al-Haj Hasan (hasan@cs.uga.edu)

• TA Hours: TBA

Getting Account on Odin

• All the assignments to be done on Odin

• You will all receive accounts on Odin

• Go to GSRC 307 to collect your account information

Accessing Atlas from Windows

• Download and install “putty”

• Available freely at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

• Open putty client and login using your username and password

Directory Structure in Unix

• Files organized into directories• Hierarchical structure• You will be logging on to your “home” directory

File & Directory Operations in Unix

• “mkdir”• “cd”• “ls”• “rm”• “mv”• “cat”

Access Rights in Unix

• Read • Write • Execute• Permission for self • Permission for group members• Permissions for everyone• “chmod” command