ITEC 320: Homework 1

Due Date: 11:59:59 p.m. Monday 1/27/2020

Submit Command: submit itec320-01 hello.adb

1. No updates at this time.

1. Install the gnat compiler
2. Choose an IDE for file creation and compilation
3. Use an IDE and/or the command line to create and compile the file hello.adb
4. Get VPN
5. Mount your U: drive and transfer (ie copy) your file to your U: drive (or use winscp)
6. Use putty (or a terminal window and ssh) to connect to rucs
7. Compile your program on rucs
8. Submit the file from rucs (and check the submission)
9. Check the submission

More detail on the steps is given below. Once you have completed the assignment, please help someone else.

You must submit from rucs. You can create hello.adb on rucs or you can create it on your personal machine and then copy it to rucs. In either case, you should master the process of creating a file on your personal machine and transferring it to rucs, and you should also do a test compile of the file on rucs before submitting it.

Follow the steps below. Some of you may want to start with step 4 so that we don't overload the adacore server

1. GNAT - install from www.adacore.com/community
2. Choose environment (or try several)
• GPS - installs as part of gnat. Requires project file hello.gpr:

   project hello is
      for main use ("hello.adb");
   end hello;

• Adagide - easy to use. Install from SourceForge
• Fix executable: see instructions elsewhere in my notes for this week
• Visual Studio Code has partial support. See configuration instructions for Ada here
• Command line:
• Can use a command line either to compile locally or to run a ssh session to access and compile on rucs
• Windows options:
• cmd, powershell, bitvise, or bash provide a command line that can be used to compile locally (assuming gnat is installed)
• PuTTY: connect to rucs and edit (using vim or pico editors) and/or compile there (vpn required)
• Can also ssh to rucs from command line and compile on rucs
• Mac/Linux: terminal window to compile locally, or use ssh rucs.radford.edu (vpn required) and compile on rucs
3. Create, compile, and run hello.adb

         with ada.text_io; use ada.text_io;
         procedure hello is
         begin
            put("HI");
         end hello;
         

4. VPN - download from RU IT Onestop
• Go to MyRU Portal/Personal Info/Software Downloads and download Cisco AnyConnect
• Unzip the downloaded and double click file whose name contains "core-vpn"
• Run vpn client and connect to vpn (directions)


5. Mount U drive and copy file to rucs (or copy with winscp or bitvise without directly mounting U drive):
• Map U drive: (Your U: drive is your rucs home directory)
• ThisPC/Computer/Map Network Drive
• Map \\userdir\unix\username to U:
• May need to select "Use other credentials" and login as RADFORD\username
• Drag hello.adb to U: drive
• Other ways to copy file: Use WinScp or bitvise (windows) or scp (mac/linux/windows command line)


6. Log in to rucs using putty or terminal window and verify that your home directory is correct.
• Verify your home directory by entering the command pwd. The response should be something like

   /webdir/users/YOURUSERNAME

  or

   /home/YOURUSERNAME

• If your home directory is not correct, tell me and go by the Help Desk in Walker ASAP.
7. Compile and test run on rucs

         gnatmake hello 
         ./hello 

8. Submit from rucs. The first time you use submit you will enter your name when prompted.

         submit itec320-01 hello.adb 

9. Check that the submit command worked. The command below should show hello.adb as having been submitted.

         submit itec320-01 -ls