On the cslab computers, you'll find the public directory for this class at
/cslab/class/csci235
Note that these files are not available as web pages. You must be logged in to one of the lab computers to access them (though you can copy them from there to your own computer, if you wish).
The files from class will show up under the directory in-class,
with a directory named for the class date in MM-DD form. For example, to
list the files from August 30, you would use the command
ls /cslab/class/csci235/in-class/08-30
You might then see something like
08-30.ps Pangram-1.java Pangram-3.java Pangram-0.java Pangram-2.java Pangram.java
If there are any .ps or .pdf files in a
directory, those are formatted
for printing. To look at such a file, if 08-30.ps were in the
08-30 directory (to decide whether
to print it), you would use the command
evince /cslab/class/csci235/in-class/08-30/08-30.ps &
To print that file on the lab printer, you would use
lpr -Pcsprint /cslab/class/csci235/in-class/08-30/08-30.ps
You use the lpr command here instead of a2ps
because the file has already been formatted for printing.
Later in the semester, some of the directories will be Mercurial
repositories, in which case you can retreive earlier versions of the
files. If you use ls -a, the presence of a subdirectory
named .hg indicates that there is a repository present.
To look at earlier versions, you would clone the repository to your own
working copy, then use hg log to find out what versions exist
and hg revert to get particular versions.
Last modified: Mon Jan 10 16:53:34 CST 2011