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    This document provides the requirements and goals for Programming Assignment 1 in Operating Systems, which involves developing a C++ program called BP that allows a user to run processes in the background. BP must accept commands to run a process in the background, display information about the background process, kill the background process, and exit. The assignment tests students' abilities to use system calls like fork(), execvp(), waitpid(), and kill() to manage processes. Students are provided demo and args helper programs to test their BP program. The assignment is individual work and submissions must include source code and output text files by the deadline.

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    This document provides the requirements and goals for Programming Assignment 1 in Operating Systems, which involves developing a C++ program called BP that allows a user to run processes in the background. BP must accept commands to run a process in the background, display information about the background process, kill the background process, and exit. The assignment tests students' abilities to use system calls like fork(), execvp(), waitpid(), and kill() to manage processes. Students are provided demo and args helper programs to test their BP program. The assignment is individual work and submissions must include source code and output text files by the deadline.

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    CS3103 Operating Systems Programming Assignment 1

    Goals
    Bycompletingthisassignment,youshouldknowhowtodevelopaprograminLinuxplatformandtomake
    systemcallsrelatedtoprocessmanagement.

    Introduction
    YouneedtoimplementaC++programcalledBPthatallowstheusertorunaprocessatthebackground.
    Whiletheprocessisrunningatthebackground,theusercaninputcommandtodisplayinformationofthe
    backgroundprocessorkillthebackgroundprocess.

    Requirements
    1. YourBPneedstoshowthepromptforuserinputasfollows.
    cs3103-01:/home/lec/vlee> BP
    BP >

    2. BPacceptsthefollowingcommandsfromtheuserandtakesthecorrespondingaction.

    BP >bg [name of executable file] [a list of arguments]


    Action:BPrunstheexecutablefilewithalistofargumentsatthebackgroundandcontinuesto
    acceptinputfromtheuser.Inthefollowingexample,BPrunstheexecutablefiledemowithalistof
    arguments:running 2 5atthebackground.
    BP >bg demo running 2 5

    BP >bginfo
    Action:BPdisplaysthepidandnameofthebackgroundprocessonthescreen.Forexample,
    123: demo

    BP >bgkill
    Action:BPterminatesthebackgroundprocessanddisplaysamessageonthescreen.Forexample,
    123: demo killed

    BP >exit
    Action:BPexecutesbgkill,ifthereisanybackgroundprocess,andexits.

    3. Incasetheuserinputsacommandwhenthemostrecentbackgroundprocesshascompleted,BP
    displaysamessageonthescreen.Forexample,
    123: demo completed

    4. Incasetheuserinputsacommandwhenthereisnobackgroundprocess,BPdisplaysthefollowing
    messageonthescreen.
    No background process

    5. Iftheuserinputsanewbackgroundprocesswhilethereisarunningbackgroundprocess,BPrejectsthe
    requestanddisplaysamessageonthescreen.Forexample,
    123: demo is running, no new background process allowed.


    CS3103 Operating Systems Programming Assignment 1

    Hints
    Youmayusefork()andexecvp()sothattheparentprocessacceptsuserinputandthechild
    processexecutesthebackgroundprocess.
    Whenyouwillusefork(),itisimportantthatyoudonotcreateafork()bomb,whicheasily
    eatsupalltheresourcesallocatedtoyou.Ifthishappens,youcantrytousethecommandkill
    toterminateyourprocesses(http://cslab.cs.cityu.edu.hk/supports/unixstartupguide).However,if
    youcannotlogintoyouraccountanymore,youneedtoaskCSLabforhelptokillyourprocesses.
    YoumaysendtheTERMsignalviathekill()systemcalltoterminateaprocess.
    Youmayusewaitpid()andtheWNOHANGoptiontocheckthestateofthebackgroundprocess.
    Youshouldstudythemanpagesofthesystemcallsbeforecallingtheminyourprogram.For
    example,thefollowingcommanddisplaysthemanpagesofwaitpid()inSection2.
    cs3103-01:/home/lec/vlee> man 2 waitpid

    Helperprograms
    demo.cpp
    ThisdemoprogramcanbeusedtoactasabackgroundprocessfortestingyourBPasitsexecution
    canbevisualizedbydisplayingawordeveryfewsecondsanumberoftimes.
    Thisprogramtakesthreearguments,word,intervalandtimes.
    Thefirstargumentwordisasinglewordtobedisplayedrepeatedly.
    Thesecondargumentintervalisthenumberofsecondsbetweentwoconsecutivedisplaysof
    theword.
    Thethirdoptionalargumenttimesisthenumberoftimesthewordtobedisplayed.Ifthis
    argumentismissing,thewordwillbedisplayedinfinitenumberoftimes.
    Forexample,thefollowingcommanddisplaysthewordrunning5timesin2secondinterval.
    cs3103-01:/home/lec/vlee> demo running 2 5

    args.cpp
    Thisexampleprogramshowsyouhowtodisplayalistofallargumentspassedtoit.
    Tocompiletheprogram,usethefollowingcommand.
    cs3103-01:/home/lec/vlee> g++ args.cpp -lreadline -lhistory -o
    args

    Marking
    YouprogramwillbetestedontheLinuxservercs310301.Ifanexecutablefilecannotbegenerated
    andrunningsuccessfullyontheLinuxserver,itwillbeconsideredasunsuccessful.
    Markingscheme:
    o bg 30%
    o bginfo 20%
    o bgkill 20%
    o exitanderrorhandling 20%
    o programmingstyleandinprogramcomments 10%

    Submission
    Thisassignmentistobedoneindividually.Youareencouragedtodiscussthedesignofyoursolution
    withyourclassmatesbutyoumustimplementtheprogramonyourown.
    Eachsubmissionconsistsoftwofiles:asourceprogramfile(.cppfile)andatextfilecontainingall
    possibleoutputsproducedbyyourprogram(.txtfile).
    UseyourstudentIDtonameyoursubmittedfiles,suchas5xxxxxxx.cpp,5xxxxxxx.txt.
    SubmitthefilestoCanvas.
    Thedeadlineis10:00a.m.,16FEB17(Thursday).Nolatesubmissionwillbeaccepted.

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