Lab Help Notes

Web Browser

1. Internet Explorer is a web browser, you can start it by double clicking on the icon on the left corner of the desktop.

2. The class home page is: http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~x2zhang/courses/CIS261/ (bookmark this page), you can find a lot of useful information there.

Notepad

1. Notepad is an editor, start this editor by:

2. Use this editor, you can create a file, edit a file and save a file. Remember that any FORTRAN program should be saved as "xxxx.F90". (put the name in double quotes)

Cygwin Window

1. Cygwin window is a window that allows you run some basic commands by simply typing the commands.

2. Start a Cygwin window by clicking on the Cygwin icon on the desktop.

3. Within a Cygwin window, you can list all files (ls), change directories (cd). See more information on Basic Linux Commands.

4. Within a Cygwin window, you are able to compile the program and execute the output file (See direction below). Before you do this, make sure you are in the right directory (folder) where the program is saved. Use ls to check if you have the program listed there.

Common Instructions

1. For any problem assignment, either you are given a sample program to start, or you need start from scratch. If you are given a sample program, you need download the file (copy and paste the code into Notepad window), save it to your computer (Z: drive, CIS261 folder, a folder created there). If you start form scratch, you need create a new file. 

2. Edit the program and make it as whatever you like.

3. Open a Cygwin window (by clicking on the Crygwin icon on the desktop), you need run the following steps in this window.

4. Go to the directory (folder) where you saved the file, using cd the-folder-name.

4. Compile the program, by typing g95 program-name -o output-name to compile the program. If error is found, go back to edit the program to fix the error.

5. Run the executable file by typing ./output-name  .