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Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:17:04 pm by MattBrown Revert
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, February 23, 2004 11:57:32 am by MattBrown Revert
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 Changes to Matt's last email are in bold, things to do are in italics. 
  
 * ''Find out about getting a lab machine in the lecture theatre.'' 
+** TSG are arranging for us to have a lab machine in the lecture theatre --MattBrown  
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 * ''Find out about a second video projector'' 
  
 !!Seminar 1: (Tue 9th Mar) - Introduction to Linux / OSS 
 ! Presenter: Tony !McGregor 
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 !!Seminar 5: (Wed 17th Mar) - Processes/''Permissions'' 
 !Presenter: John !McPherson 
  
 * An introduction to process control in unix systems. We will cover how to start, stop, suspend and kill processes. 
-** __ctrl-z vs ctrl-c__ 
+** Brief introduction to signals  
+ ** __ctrl-z vs ctrl-c__ / Sending signals via __kill__  
+** very brief discussion of threads vs processes (eg displayed in __top__)  
+** Looking at process usage - __top, ps, pstree, fuser __ 
 ** __chmod__ 
  
 !!Seminar 6: (Thu 18th Mar) - Summary / Q&A 
 ! Presenter: Jamie Curtis