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Lab - The unix File System

Objectives

  1. To have you structure your files in a
    specific way.

  2. To engage you in a process of file organization
    based on a strict application of the principle of
    stepwise refinement
    .

  3. To further familiarize you with the nature of
    hierarchy as typified by the unix file system.

  4. To introduce you to the fundamental concepts
    and operations associated with navigation in
    the unix file system.

  5. To exercise you in tasks of basic file
    manipulation
    including the making of directories,
    the listing of files, and the moving of files.

  6. To engage you in a verification task based upon
    a breadth first traversal of a subtree of the
    unix file system.