https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-09T09:50:59+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2010-05-26T14:32:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/todo?rev=1274884335&do=diff On The Table Upgrade the wiki - Greg Once done, I can put in the “task” plugin which will do this correctly... but for now if done, tag with <del> </del> (or highlight and use the Strikethrough icon (5th from the left) and add signature (the icon with the pencil on it 4th from the end) for date stamp. text/html 2015-08-26T21:24:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/svn_use?rev=1440624278&do=diff SVN quick reference The following is modified from an email sent by Prof. Smith on the use of the command line svn program under linux here at CS To checkout (co) repository for first time * cd on your local machine to where you want your project working directory to be created```````````````````````````````` text/html 2009-08-13T17:38:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/gate_tips?rev=1250185129&do=diff Gate tips Help! I still get GATE 5.0 Beta, not GATE 5.0 When you run gate you should see that you are running GATE Developer 5.0 build 3244. If you are not, then to use the new version you need to do the following 2 steps: * Delete your existing user configuration file, do that with the command: ```````````````````` text/html 2010-12-06T15:30:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/kill_a_process?rev=1291649428&do=diff Monitoring and Killing Processes Any process you own you can kill (this is not a moral judgment, just a fact of life in Unix and Linux). Killing an offending process graphically If the machine itself is still responsive (but one or more windows perhaps aren't) you can try one of the Graphical Process Managers on our system.$$xfce4-taskmanager$$````````$$gnome-system-monitor$$```````` text/html 2011-05-05T19:17:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_the_pickup_script?rev=1304623047&do=diff Using the pickup script with your course What it is The pickup script is a companion to the submit script. Pickup allows you to place files for pickup in your course directories such that those files cannot be read by your students until they run this script. At that time an entry is logged showing the date, time, user and directory that was picked up. If your students attempt to kill the script (say, after it copies the files and before it logs that it has) that attempt will also be logged… text/html 2015-08-26T20:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/backups?rev=1440622373&do=diff FIXME update, convert to wiki, add link to isohome Backup With Tar ---------- * Overview * Creating a tar file of your entire directory * Copying the file to another location * Tar Documentation ---------- Overview While I make regular backups of the home directories on the Computer Science Unix machines, there are times when you want to have your own copy of your account. There are several relatively painless ways to accomplish this task. I will describe one of them here. If you n… text/html 2023-02-14T20:09:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/forwarding_x11?rev=1676405365&do=diff Forward X11 Very few systems here are configured to forward X11 via SSH. And this will generally be reserved for request by the faculty and not for classroom computers. If you require a GUI environment then you are strongly encouraged to use the Guacamole server by logging in at text/html 2010-11-24T23:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/acm_jar_applets?rev=1290640216&do=diff Using acm.jar The ACM Java Task Force (JTF) created an API framework for Java programs which is distributed in the file acm.jar. Programs using acm.jar may be compiled and executed from the command line, or within your favorite Java IDE (e.g., Netbeans, DrJava). It is also possible to run your JTF programs as an applet within a browser or via the appletviewer. ```````````````````````````````````` text/html 2009-10-14T17:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/isohome?rev=1255541099&do=diff Backup to CD/DVD ---------- * * * * * * ---------- <BOOKMARK:quick> The really short version of the instructions If you just want to do this without delay and can get to the CS lab... * Bring a blank CD or DVD to the lab * text/html 2008-05-07T02:42:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/isohome.script?rev=1210128164&do=diff isohome Isohome is a simple script that tries to make an image of your CS home directory that is suitable for burning onto a CD or DVD. It will confirm that you are running it from the machine where your home directory is actually a local disk. If not it will tell you which machine you need to run the script from. text/html 2010-03-17T21:42:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/mpi?rev=1268862159&do=diff MPI: Compiling and Running in the Asprey Lab Under Construction This page will be updated with information about how to compile and run MPI programs on the machines in the Asprey Lab. text/html 2010-12-08T19:20:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/server_list?rev=1291836036&do=diff CS Servers Physical CS Department Servers Date Number installed Disks Space NAME type In Srv CPU & speed memory #xSize,type tot/used Function Pacific x3650 2007.1 Xeon 4x3gig 12gig 6x73g,sas