CS330
Introduction to Operating Systems
Lab Outline (Fall 2026)

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Lab Schedule

(Updated 05-12-2026 - Today is: 06-24-2026)

Lab Days Topics and Assignments
(Subject to change by the class instructor.)
1 Sept. 8 - 11 Process Memory Asgn1
2 Sept. 15 - 18 Compiling and Debugging Asgn2
3 Sept. 22 - 25 Unix, Strings and Tokenizing Words Asgn3
--- Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 No Labs: Truth and Reconcilliation (September 30)!  
4 Oct. 6 - 9 Intro to Processes, Forks & Exec Asgn4
5 Oct. 13 - 16 Threads Asgn5
6 Oct. 20 - 23 Semaphores Asgn6
7 Oct. 27 - 30 System Calls for I/0 Asgn7
8 Nov. 3 - 6 Pipes Asgn8
--- Nov. 9 - 13 No Labs: Fall Break!  
9 Nov. 17 - 20 Sockets Asgn9
10 Nov. 24 - 27 Signals Asgn10
11 Dec. 1 - 4 Intro to Shell Programming Asgn11

Important Note: You are REQUIRED to remotely use os1.cs.uregina.ca or os2.cs.uregina.ca instead of your local machine or Titan for all CS330 programs containing the fork() system call.

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vi/vim reference sheet

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To quickly format your code, you can use: clang-format -i -style='{BreakBeforeBraces: Allman }' *.*

To get Visual Studio-like formatting without the -style argument, place this .clang-format file in your home folder and call clang-format like this: clang-format -i *.*