Teacher: Stefano Scanzio
www: https://www.skenz.it/ss
email: stefano.scanzio [ AT_SYMBOL ] polito.it

• [2019/12/09]: Added text of the eighth exam, added new and definitive cheat sheets, added solution of 2019/09/05 exam, added example of bash script Exam 20140908
• [2019/12/04]: Added examples of bash scripts for Read files and about Arrays (normal and associative)
• [2019/12/02]: Changes in course calendar: Calendar
• [2019/11/28]: Added text of the seventh laboratory and solutions of the fifth laboratory
• [2019/11/25]: Added text of the sixth laboratory and solutions of the fourth laboratory
• [2019/11/22]: Added possibilities of two interships and one PhD. See at the end of the page. Please, disseminate the information!
• [2019/11/18]: Added find and filters, text of the fifth laboratory, and solution of the sixth laboratory
• [2019/11/08]: All the slides of the course have been added
• Added text of the fourth laboratory
• Added in Exams section the cheat sheets that can be used during the exam (PRINT them!)

• Calendar

• u00: Introduction to the course: u00s01-general-introduction.pdf

• u01: Introduction to Operating systems
  1. Introduction to Operating Systems (part A): u01s01-introductionA.pdf
  2. Introduction to Operating Systems (part B): u01s02-introductionB.pdf

• u02: File system
  1. Files in Linux: u02s01-file.pdf (Examples: u02s01e)
  2. Directories in Linux: u02s02-direttories.pdf (Examples: u02s02e)

• u03: Linux environment
  1. UNIX & Linux commands (Part A): u03s01-commandsPartA.pdf
  2. C programming tools: u03s02-programmingTools.pdf (Examples: u03s02e)
  3. Regular expressions and find: u03s03-RegExpr-Find.pdf (Imp. Examples: Find) (Examples: u03s03e)
  4. Filters: u03s04-filters.pdf (Imp. Examples: Filters)
  5. UNIX & Linux commands (Part B): u03s05-commandsPartB.pdf

• u04: Processes
  1. Introduction to Linux processes: u04s01-introduction-to-processes.pdf (Examples: u04s01e)
  2. Theoretical Aspects: u04s02-theoretical-aspects.pdf
  3. Advanced Control (exec): u04s03-exec.pdf (Examples: u04s03e)
  4. Signals: u04s04-signals.pdf (Examples: u04s04e)
  5. Shell commands for process management: u04s05-processes-shell-commands.pdf (Examples: u04s05e)
  6. Inter process communication (and pipe): u04s06-interProcessCommunication.pdf (Examples: u04s06e)
  7. Shell commands for Pipes and redirections: u04s07-pipe-shell-commands.pdf (Examples: u04s07e)
  • Interrupts (Outside the course topics) Not required at the exam: u04s10-interrupts.pdf

• u05: Threads
  1. Threads: u05s01-threads.pdf
  2. Pthread library: u05s02-pthreads.pdf (Imp. Commented Example: threads_example1) (Examples: u05s02e)
  3. Concurrency: theoretical aspects: u05s03-concurrency-theoretical-aspects.pdf

• u06: Shell programming
  1. Shells: u06s01-shell.pdf
  2. Shell scripts: u06s02-script.pdf (Imp. Commented Examples: Read files, Arrays (normal and associative)) (Examples: u06s02e)
  3. Bash script exercises: u06s03-script-exercises.pdf (Imp. Commented Examples: Exam 20140908)

• u07: Synchronization
  1. Critical sections: u07s01-CriticalSections.pdf
  2. Software solutions: u07s02-Sw-solutions.pdf
  3. Hardware solutions: u07s03-Hw-solutions.pdf
  4. Semaphores: u07s04-Semaphores.pdf (Examples: u07s04e01Proc, u07s04e01Thread, u07s04e02Thread)
  5. Classical Synchronization Problems: u07s05-ClassicalProblems.pdf
  6. Exercises on Concurrent Programming: u07s06-Esercises.pdf (Examples: u07s06e01Thread)

• u08: CPU Scheduling
  1. CPU Scheduling: u08s01-scheduling.pdf

• u09: Deadlock
  1. Definition and modeling u09s01-deadlock.pdf
  2. Deadlock prevention techniques u10s02-prevention.pdf
  3. Dead1lock avoidance techniques u10s03-avoidance.pdf

• u20: AWK (Outside the course topics) Not required at the exam
  1. AWK: u20s01-awk.pdf

In the LAIBs you can use a virtual machine with Ubuntu: guide, login link (links accessible only within the Polito network).

• Lab01: Management of files and directories, Permissions management, Link and comparisons between files, C programs and compilation
  • Solution: lab01
• Lab02: Recursive visualization of a directory, Compilation and makefile, Recursive copy of a directory
  • Solution: lab02
• Lab03: Analysis of concurrent programs, System call fork and shell commands related to processes, Precedence graph
  • Solution: lab03
• Lab04: System call fork, exec, system
  • Solution: lab04
• Lab05: Shell commands for processes and redirection, concurrency using fork() and wait(), use of signals
  • Solution: lab05
• Lab06: Signals and pipe, Pipe and synchronization, Command find, Filters
• Lab07: From recursion to concurrency, Concurrent file sorting, Concurrent file sorting and merging
• Lab08: Bash scripts

• Ubuntu installation: Possible guide to follow to install Ubuntu on the Virtualbox virtual machine https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-in-virtualbox/ (download Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for a stable version, or the latest Ubuntu 19.04)
• Vim: Text editor vimbook-OPL.pdf (book about VIM), vimguide.pdf (most important commands)
• Emacs: Text editor emacs.pdf, Emacs-Beginner-HOWTO.pdf (beginner)

Cheat sheet that can be used during the exam (PRINT them!)

• Cheat Sheet Commands: cheatSheetCommands.pdf
• Cheat Sheet Threads: cheatSheetThreads.pdf
• Cheat Sheet Bash: cheatSheetBash.pdf

2019: 20190905.pdf (20190905_sol.pdf)

[2019/11/25] 2 Intership and a PhD position in Luxembourg (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology - LIST)
For student at the end of an engineering cycle (Master of Science or Master 2) in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics.
The intership will be paid.
Please contact stefano.scanzio [at] ieiit.cnr.it and mariarita.palattella [at] list.lu
Details: Intership 1 :Intership_LIST_5G_IoT_satellite_networks.pdf, Intership 2: MRT-2020-Intern-003.pdf, PhD: LoRaSAT_PhD_open_position.pdf

Please, if interested express your interest quickly!

Thesis proposals can be downloaded here: https://www.skenz.it/ss/theses
If interested, for informations, contact: stefano.scanzio stefano.scanzio [ AT_SYMBOL ] polito.it polito.it (tel. 011 090 5438) www: https://www.skenz.it/ss