Homework 2
Points: 100
Due Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 at 11:59PM
- (16 points) Chapter 20, exercise 1
- (16 points) Chapter 20, exercise 2
- (10 points) Chapter 20, exercise 9
- (10 points) Chapter 2, exercise 2
- (10 points) Chapter 2, exercise 3
- (38 points) Write a program called where that takes one or
more command
names as an argument. On output, it prints the full path names of all
programs with the command name in the user's path. Output should look
like:
dec24 % where mail sh
mail: /usr/bin/mail* /usr/ucb/mail* /var/spool/mail
sh: /bin/sh@ -> /sbin/sh*
If the user could execute a listed program, put a "*" after
it (as above). If any of the files are symbolic links, put
"@ -> " followed by what it refers to. Please use this format
exactly; we will use an automated script for grading, and you will lose
points if you don't! Also, you must use C or C++ for this program.
(Hint: You do not need to worry about aliases.)
Extra Credit
- (20 points) Chapter 2, exercise 7
- (15 points) Modify your program in problem 6 to handle
C shell aliases.
- (15 points) Modify your program in problem 6 to handle
Korn shell aliases.
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Department of Computer Science
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8562
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