1. Log on to UNIX if needed.  Display the name of the working 

directory.

2. Try to display long listings of the root (/) and /usr directories; if 

you are successful, try successive listings with the -C, -F, -R, and 

-b options.  What do they each produce?

3. Display the long listing of the /dev directory.

4. If you know the userid of another person in your group, display 

the long listing of that person's home directory (i.e. $ ls -l ../userid ).

5. Try to copy a file (not a directory) from another user's directory 

to your own.  Name it save.  

6.If you were successful, try to copy this.month from your directory 

to the directory of that other user;  name it from.userid, using your 

own userid.

If it doesn't work:

A.  For question 5,  you may not have appropriate access to any other 
user directories; don't worry if you are unable to access other directories.  
Some installations require much security amongst their users.

Questions? Robert Katz:rkatz@ned.highline.edu
Last Update July 9, 2002