CSCE 5580
Computer Networks
Spring 2007
Homework # 1
Due date: January 31st 2007
Submission: Through project option before the class time
1. Consider a homepage for yourself. Your homepage should contain
 Your picture
 Your name
 Your email address
 Your favorite poem
 Other things you would like to show and tell about
Make sure that your home page is accessible!
2. Briefly describe the functions of the following UNIX commands:
 ps
 grep
 kill
 man
 talk
 zwrite
Do the above commands and print the log
What is the difference between a UNIX command and a UNIX system
call?
3. Briefly describe the following UNIX system calls:
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fork()
getpid()
getppid()
wait()
pipe()
close()
write()
read()