SOLVED CS604 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion

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Operating Systems (CS604)
Assignment # 01
Fall 2019
Total marks = 20

Deadline Date
16-11-2019

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Objective:
• The objective of this assignment is to provide hands on experience of:
• To learn and understand the basic concept of an Operating System
• To learn Process and its states

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Question No 01 2*5=10 marks

As a process executes, it changes states. The state of a process is defined in part by the current activity of that process. Given below are current and next states of process. According to your understanding write process conditions based on the states in which process is currently in. what can be the condition that changes one state into another?

Question No 02 2*5=10 marks

The following table contains the list of operations. Write down the Linux commands along with their screenshots for performing these operations:

List of Operations
List the contents of files to the terminal window.
Change the owner and group owner of a file.
Compares two text files and show the differences between them
Print a string of text to the terminal window.
Change the password for a user.

You are required to run the respective commands on Ubuntu and provide relevant screen shots of the list of operations as stated in above table.

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Solution:
Q. 1 Answer:
As a process executes, it changes states. The state of a process is defined in part by the current activity of that process. Given below are current and next states of process. According to your understanding, what can be condition that changes one state into another:

Sr #	Current State -> Next State	Conditions
1	Ready->Running	Scheduler Dispatch
2	Waiting->Ready	I/O or Event Completion
3	Running->Terminated	Exit
4	Running->Ready	Interrupt
5	New->Ready	Admitted

Q.2 Answer:
The following table contains the list of operations. Write down the Linux commands along with their screenshots for performing these operations:

List of Operations
List the contents of files to the terminal window.
Change the owner and group owner of a file.
Compares two text files and show the differences between them
Print a string of text to the terminal window.
Change the password for a user.

You are required to run the respective commands on Ubuntu and provide relevant screen shots of the list of operations as stated in above table.

Sr #	List of Operations	Command
1	List the contents of files to the terminal window.	cat
2	Change the owner and group owner of a file.	chown
3	Compares two text files and show the differences between them	diff
4	Print a string of text to the terminal window.	echo
5	Change the password for a user.	passwd

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Solution:
Q. 1 Answer:
As a process executes, it changes states. The state of a process is defined in part by the current activity of that process. Given below are current and next states of process. According to your understanding, what can be condition that changes one state into another:

Sr #	Current State -> Next State	Conditions
1	Ready->Running	Scheduler Dispatch
2	Waiting->Ready	I/O or Event Completion
3	Running->Terminated	Exit
4	Running->Ready	Interrupt
5	New->Ready	Admitted

Q.2 Answer:
The following table contains the list of operations. Write down the Linux commands along with their screenshots for performing these operations:

List of Operations
List the contents of files to the terminal window.
Change the owner and group owner of a file.
Compares two text files and show the differences between them
Print a string of text to the terminal window.
Change the password for a user.

You are required to run the respective commands on Ubuntu and provide relevant screen shots of the list of operations as stated in above table.

Sr #	List of Operations	Command
1	List the contents of files to the terminal window.	cat
2	Change the owner and group owner of a file.	chown
3	Compares two text files and show the differences between them	diff
4	Print a string of text to the terminal window.	echo
5	Change the password for a user.	passwd

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Question No 02 2*5=10 marks
The following table contains the list of operations. Write down the Linux commands along with their screenshots for performing these operations:

List of Operations
List the contents of files to the terminal window.
Change the owner and group owner of a file.
Compares two text files and show the differences between them
Print a string of text to the terminal window.
Change the password for a user.

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Assignment # 01

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