Midterm Study Guide

You are responsible for everything we discussed in class or in section. Additionally, you should know the material in Abrahams and Larson, Chapters 2 (except for 2.10 and 2.15-2.18), 3, 4.22-4.4.2, 5 (except 5.13-5.15), and 7.1. Questions about material in any of chapters 1-3, 4-11, 12 (except for 12.4-12.7), and 14 (except for 14.7-14.11) in Holmes are also fair game.

Some specific topics you should know:

UNIX System

• standard input, output, error
• pipes and redirection
• aliases
• history
• shell variables
• directories and path names
• file manipulation commands (rm(1), cp(1), cat(1), mv(1), rmdir(1))
• sending mail

C Language

• precedence and order of evaluation of operands
• integer and floating arithmetic
• if/else, switch
• recursion
• arrays, pointers, and their relationship
• scope
• memory allocation
• parameter passing to functions
• while/for/do...while loops
• declarations