STUDENT SETUP TO SHARE INSTRUCTOR'S MAPLE FILES

Every student enrolled in this course has an account on newton with the same username and password as that on the composers. Students adding this course after the start of classes have these privileges a few days after they are added to the rosters.

Suppose the login name of the instructor on the composers and on the classroom computers is joesmith and the instructor has placed the Maple files which are to be shared, in his directory M243, on the composers and on the classroom computers.

Sharing Files In The Classroom

• Login to the workstation in the classroom, hold down the left mouse button, and from the menu select cmdtool. In the window that pops up, type

  ln -s ~joesmith/M243 JSMITH
  

  (Don't forget the ~) and hit Return.
• Now to check that the setup is correct, type (in the cmdtool window)

  ls JSMITH
  

  and you should get a list of the instructor's files. If you have made a typing error and the setup is not right then remove the incorrect link and try again as shown below

  rm JSMITH
  ln -s ~joesmith/M243 JSMITH
  

  The above has to be done only once in a semester. Now, you can use the instructor's files in the classroom by going to the JSMITH directory via Maple.

  Sharing Files On The Composers

  • In the classroom, using the mouse, from the menu choose telnet strauss. Login, as usual, in the new window. Then in the new window type

    ln -s ~joesmith/M243 JSMITH
    

    (Don't forget the ~) and hit Return.
  • If the setup is correct you will get a list of the instructor's files when you type

    ls JSMITH
    

    In case of an error, as before, remove bad link and try again.

    rm JSMITH
    ln -s ~joesmith/M243 JSMITH
    

    Now you can access the instructor's Maple files on the composers.