Comp25: Week 4 Homework: More File Management & FTP

Learning Objectives

1. To provide an understanding of file management and organization through modern GUI interfaces
2. To work with an FTP Client and practice working remotely
3. To explore file management, networks, and the sharing and multitasking features of Microsoft Windows

Special Notes: Read!

WINDOWS USERS: To complete this assignment you will need to download the WinSCP4 FTP client. Download this file locally to your desktop or to your USB location so it will be easily accessible to you in the future.

MAC USERS:  WinSCP4 is a PC-only client.  If you want to download a Mac compatible FTP You can download Fetch.  It is free for academic use.  Please email me if you are going to use this and I will send you the serial number. 

You should also have a portable disk medium, preferably a USB stick. If you don't have a USB stick, you can save the files and follow the instructions relative to your hard disk (C:)

The instructions will generically refer to a relative path, which is relative to your current drive...either the hard disk or USB. Mac users: You can adapt this exercise for OSx

Do not download the files until you are instructed to do so in Step #4 of the assignment.

Steps to Take

1. Place your portable disk medium in the appropriate drive. If you are not using a portable disk, navigate to the root of your hard disk. Make note of the drive designation.
   
2. Insure that the complete path and file extensions are visible, as instructed in class.
   
3. CREATE: Two folders beneath your root folder:
   1. ..\Homework and 
   2.  ..\Lastname   (Your last name!)
      
      Remember! ..\ is relative to the current drive in use - It could be C:\   D:\  or F:\ depending on the drive that you are using.
       

4. SAVE-DOWNLOAD: the 12 files listed to your ..\LastName folder.
   
   

   art-work.jpg interior.bmp list.wdb music.mid new-house.bmp proposal.doc report.wps resume-2.doc seniormoment.wmv silly-animals.jpg singing-dogs.wmv tired.gif

   Windows Vista Example

   Mac OSx View

5. Create two folders beneath \Homework:
   \Homework\Comp25
   \Homework\Graphics
6. Create one folder beneath \LastName
   \LastName\Multimedia
7. MOVE: The following files from the \Last Name into the \Homework\Comp25 folder.
   proposal.doc
   report.wps
   interior.bmp
8. OPEN: \Homework\Comp25
   RENAME: proposal.doc to agenda.doc
   DELETE: interior.bmp 
9. COPY: The following files from the \Last Name into the \Homework\Graphics folder
   new-house.bmp
   music.mid
   tired.gif 
10. MOVE: The following files from the \Last Name into the \LastName\Multimedia folder.
    singing-dogs.wmv
    seniormoment.wmv
    silly-animals.jpg
    art-work.jpg 

11. EXPAND: the \Homework\Comp25 folder so that the contents are visible in the right frame. Size the window, so that just the folder and its contents are visible.  All homework should be on ONE page.
    
    Take a screen shot of this window only.  Multitask to a word processing document and paste the screen shot. Your screen shot will appear similar to the sample below (Windows & Mac views).  Be sure that your "path" is visible (Windows) and that your file extensions are visible.

12. MULTITASK & EXPAND: the folder \Homework\Graphics so that the contents are visible in the right frame.
    1. Repeat steps above to add this screen shot to the same document, beneath the first graphic image.
       

13. MULTITASK & EXPAND: the folder \LastName\Multimedia so that the contents are visible in the right frame.

    1. Change the VIEW options to show the file Details and sort by size, so that the largest file is first in the list. Take a screen shot of the window and paste into your Word document, beneath the second graphic.
       
14. Open WinSCP 4 FTP client and login to your STK location remotely
    1. The Host name is: tiger.cc.uop.edu
    2. Use your STK username and password to log in
       
       
    3. Accept the defaults when WinSCP caches your security information the first time you log in.
       
15. You are now looking at your U:\ network location remotely via FTP, with your local folders in the left pane and your network folders in the right pane
16. COPY your local ..\Multimedia folder in the \LastName  folder to the root folder of your network location. Open the Multimedia folder from your network drive.  Your folder should appear similar to the following:
    
     

17. Take a screen shot of this screen and paste it with your other screen shots in your word processing document.

18. Save your word processing document file as 04Homework.doc
    1.  Be sure to include the appropriate homework heading at the top of the page, including your section number AND lab number.  I
    2. Your homework must fit on one page, so size your images accordingly.
19. Upload your final homework document to Sakai for grading.