Project 1 Hints, CISC181, Fall 2004

1. Are you are having difficulty with the Makefiles, shell scripts, etc., in particular an error message such as:

   mksh: Fatal error: Cannot load command `./drawHouses.sh': Bad file number
   

If so, here's the fix:

> chmod u+x ./drawHouses.sh

The drawHouses.sh should be replaced with whatever shell script is giving you trouble. The problem arises because the shell script must have the "execute" bit set in the file permissions in order to be an executable shell script.
2. Many students STILL don't have their links correct in the webring. Remember that you need TWO SEPARATE web pages: a personal web page in public_html/index.html, and a CISC181 web page in public_html/cisc181/index.html. Your web ring links and your links to lab08 and proj1 need to be on your CISC181 page, not your personal page.

   Similarly, the links to the next and prev students should be to those students CISC181 pages, not their personal pages. Many students still DON'T have this correct, and it will result in those students losing points.