Student ID

You can put any integer number here to generate different exercises for practice. However you must submit the activity associated with your ID number to D2L in order to receive credit for the activity.

Linking Files

1. Take a screenshot of these instructions (including your student number) and the file/folder structure below. If you cannot get everything into the screenshot it is okay, just take your ID number and whatever fits on the screen.
2. Transfer the file at the link http://sit.cna-qatar.edu.qa/cr2510/datafiles/dist1.zip to your Linux account (any method).
3. In your home folder on sit, create a folder called a16links and move the zip file to this folder. Unzip the contents of the zip file and remove the original zip file. Create a folder called links. If you were to issue the tree command you would see something like this (there are files in transport, nature, metal, vote).
4. In the links folder create symbolic links for the following files in your dist folder using a relative path:
5. In the link folder create symbolic links for the files found in /usr/local/src/dist2 using absolute paths. If there is already an entry for the same name, use the name and append '_abs' to the end of the name.
6. When you are finished, use the cd command to go to the 'links' folder. Use the 'ls -l' command and take a screenshot. You should see 8 link in total. Here is a sample of what you could expect to see:
7. Use head to show the first 5 lines of each file in the links folder. Take a screenshot (use multiple ones if you need to).