COP 4600 - Homework 5

COP 4600 - Homework 5

Total points: 4 + 1 bonus points
This homework requires the extension of the shell program from HW3 with several new,
file system related commands. The program you are submitting must have all the
functionality of HW3 as well.
Compilation: The objective of this homework is for you to learn how to implement
functionality with the basic APIs. This is not about how to find some libraries that
perform these tasks for you. Your code must compile out of the box on a recent Ubuntu
system by simply typing:
 gcc mysh.c
or
 g++ mysh.cpp
No external libraries are acceptable, no other configuration parameters are acceptable.
Running: The program must run without requiring the creation of additional files. Please
try it out if you can run it in an empty directory.
If the program does not compile out of the box on the TAs machines, the maximum
points accessible is 2.
File references
The new commands take arguments that point to files or directories. You should
implement both absolute and relative paths. Absolute paths start with “/”. The relative
paths should be relative to the directory you set using the movetodir command
implemented in HW3.
Let us assume you started your program in: /home/john, and there is a directory
/home/john/other. If you say
movetodir other
maik file.txt
the file will be created in the directory /home/john/other 
New built-in commands
Your shell should implement the following new commands:
# dwelt file
If a regular file exists with that name, it should print
Dwelt indeed.
If the file is a directory, it should print:
Abode is.
If there is no file or directory with this name, it should print:
Dwelt not.
# maik file
This command creates an empty file and writes the word “Draft” into it. If the file
already exists, it should print an error.
# coppy from-file to-file
Copy from-file into to-file. Print an error if the source file does not exist, if the
destination file exists, or if the destination file’s directory does not exist.
Extra credit (1 point)
# coppyabode source-dir target-dir
Copy the directory source-dir and all its subdirectories, as a subdirectory of target-dir.
What to submit:
• The code as a single .c or .cpp file.
• If you implemented the extra credit part: a text file describing the syntax of the
implementation, and example of use.