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Simulated Unix File System Project Evaluation

SOFE 3950U / CSCI 3020U
Instructor D. Kamran Sartipi
In this final section of the course project, your group will be evaluated based on the
accuracy and quality of your projects source code, successful demonstration of the
features of your project, and your knowledge about the source code and in general the file
system. This evaluation is based on Section 3 of the deliverables of the projects SRS,
which is repeated below.

Implement a hierarchical directory structure with all operations described in the

File System Interface section of the project specification document. Submit the
source code of the complete file system. Your code should be neat, clear and well
documented. A makefile will be available for you to compile your code. It is
important that your file system interface conform exactly to the project specifications.
Each group will present different features of their simulated Unix File System to the
course TAs in the lab. The TAs will ask questions about the design document, source
code, and the implemented system. Your mark is based on the participation in the
discussions, logic for the design, and the correctness of the simulated file system.

1. Test Suite for Simulated Unix File System

Write four test cases for each category of tests mentioned below and test your project
accordingly. You should submit this test suite with your source code files in a zipped file.
1.

Primitive level: the test cases in this set will check the different one-level
operations, such as: successfully creating/deleting/opening/closing files
and receiving corresponding file descriptors.

2.

Advanced level: the test cases in this set will check cases involving a
combination of different operations of the file system including: creating
several directories and files; opening and closing files; writing and reading
from files; and directory listing.

Test
No.
1
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Test Level

Test
Description

Primitive
Primitive
Primitive
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Advanced
Advanced
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Expected
Output

Observed
Output

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2. Simulated Unix File System Project Demonstration

1. Project demonstration will take place in the regular Lab Locations. All group
members should participate in a 15-minute demonstration period according to a
schedule that will be posted later.
2. The members of each group should be present in the Lab at least 20 minutes
before their scheduled demonstration time to prepare their demonstration.
3. The source codes should be downloaded from the Blackboard System and
compiled in front of the TAs (Groups cannot use codes other than the ones
already submitted to the Blackboard). The students can use their own laptop
which will be connected to the data projector.
4. At the beginning of demonstration, TAs will give each group 1-2 minutes time to
download and compile their code and make it ready for evaluation. If a group
cannot compile and run their code in this period of time, group members will lose
the code evaluation mark and only the source code will be evaluated.
5. Once the code is compiled and run, TAs will ask you to test its functionality.
6. TAs will ask questions regarding the source code from each member of the group.
7. Simdisk.data: students should be able to explain the data patterns created in the
simdisk.data as a result of running the test cases.
8. There are more than 20 test cases from simple tests to complex tests. Two
samples are provided below:
a. Test #2 (simple): sequence of the operations and the expected result are as
follows:
i: 1
m: /foo/bar, 0
**** There should be error as /foo does not exist.
b. Test #15 (complex): sequence of operations and the expected result are as
follows:
i: 1
m: /foo, 1
m: /foo/bar, 1
m: /foo/zam, 1
o: /foo
R: fd
R: fd
**** There should be "zam" returned

3. Marking Scheme [45 Marks]

1. [5 Marks] Task breakdown. Submit to the TA a hard copy of the detailed task
breakdown showing the percentage of contribution of each group member to the
design and implementation parts of the project. Each member should have signed
the task breakdown document before submission.
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[30 Marks] Successful passing the test cases. The TAs will ask you to run
approximately 10 test cases that we prepared, ranging from simple to complex test
cases.
3. [10 Marks] Individual member evaluation: The TAs will ask questions from each
member about one or more of the following items:
a. Source code walkthrough. The TAs will select some files and will ask
individual group members to briefly explain different parts of the files.
b. Explanation of important operations. This part includes:
i. How to open a file multiple times, and how to create multiple files.
ii. Implementation of I-node table and File Control Block.
iii. Implementation of index-block and accessing to the file blocks.
iv. Structure of the simdisk.data.

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