...Let's try this again

[Hasjarl]

I wasn't asking any of you to code the project FOR me. I was simply looking for some examples of different ways it can be done to show the students after they finish their own version. It's not a graded course, so there isn't really any motivation to cheat. You could've at least asked me a little more about what I'm doing before jumping to conclusions and locking the thread.

[technossomy]

This thread was probably started here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...es-needed.html

[wje_lf]

I don't understand what you want.

You had requested:

reading over my specifications and showing me how you would script this

How are we to do that without writing scripts for you? And why aren't your graduate students doing this for you?

[Hasjarl]

Right, I was asking for some of you to write the script as YOU would, sticking to my specifications. I was never asking for anyone to write the initial assignment for me, I simply want examples from other scriptors to show in my course. Like I said before, it isn't a graded course. It's not even a curricular course for the university that employs me. I occasionally do CS how-to lectures and mini-courses at a local career center.

And I don't know what kind of teaching environment you're all used to, but around here, not all of us are lucky enough to have grad students to do our bidding. It's nearing the end of the semester, so I'm swamped with VB projects to grade and advising sessions for my freshmen. I simply don't have the time to write multiple scripts for the course myself, so I just thought I'd seek some help from the open source community.

I apologize for not making my initial request clear enough.

[devils casper]

I simply don't have the time to write multiple scripts for the course myself, so I just thought I'd seek some help from the open source community.

You dont have to write multiple scripts. Just post your version of script and we'll post a few alternatives definitely.

[i92guboj]

Really, don't take it on the offensive side if you are really a professor (which I higly doubt). But...

A professor would usually write more concrete specs. To start with, you don't even mention which is the shell that your alumns should be using, that alone is very ilustrative for me. The shell you'll be using defines not only the syntax and grammar, but also the builtings that you can use and many particular aspects that are very specific for each one. Things like the decission structures you need to check the arguments or even the mechanisms to check if a given files is indeed a file, directory, or whatever can be shell dependent.

Again, forgive us if we are wrong, but lots of students come around just to get a problem solved the easy way, and people usually don't like that. We can't be sure that you are the teacher, and your post seems like just another student looking for someone to solve his homework.

There's a lot of ways that the small details could be accomplished, but the script is simple enough and it's not like we could write a thesis about it. You should be able to figure it yourself if you are the teacher.

It's nothing personal, but since I can't be sure you are who you claim, I will only provide concrete details about the implementation. I am not willing to risk to do anyone else's homework.

[i92guboj]

You dont have to write multiple scripts. Just post your version of script and we'll post a few alternatives definitely.

Ditto. That's the simplest way to demonstrate that he is not cheating.

If he writes his own version of the script, everyone else around will start posting modifications and advises about how to better accomplish some things. It's not like it's a big project.

[wje_lf]

This, um, professor took the same question to linuxquestions, where they were as skeptical as we were. Of the responses there, my favorite is this.