Electronic Handin: Graders

Directory Structure

For this example, assume that the name of the account is cs200.

~cs200/handin
All handin files, except handin executables, are stored here. This directory and all its subdirectories should be mode 0700.
- ~cs200/handin/log
  Log files are stored here:
  - handin.log
    Records successful handins.
  - error.log
    Records any errors that were encountered. This can help with figuring out what happened when a student had problems handing something in.
- ~cs200/handin/conf
  Configuration files are stored here. There are two config files:
  - students
    Contains a listing of all usernames allowed to submit files for this class, one per line. People not listed here will not be allowed to hand in files.
  - handin.conf
    Contains a listing of all valid assignments, their duedates, and the cutoff date. This file is explained in detail below.
- ~cs200/handin/assign
  Assignments submitted by students are placed here. Each assignment is placed in a separate directory. Below, "n" will represent an assignment number:
  - n
    On-time assignments are placed in here. Each user's files will be placed in a separate subdirectory.
  - n.late
    Late assignments are placed here. Again, each user's files go in a separate subdirectory.
~cs200/bin
Handin binaries go here. They are automatically installed by the system administrator; DO NOT TOUCH. The handin.Linux and handin.SunOS binaries should be mode 6711; the handin binary should be mode 0511. This directory should be mode 0555.

handin.conf file

handin.conf has three entries per line, separated by spaces. Each assignment MUST have an entry here. The first entry is the assignment number. The second is the due date (in M/D/YYYY form -- you MUST specify four digits for the year). The third is the cutoff date.

Once the due date is past, assignments users hand in will be placed in assign/n.late instead of assign/n. This makes it easy to tell which people handed the assignment in on time. Once the cutoff date is past, all handin attempts for a given assignment will be rejected.

Example:

1 2/9/1997 2/23/1997 2 2/28/1997 2/28/1997

In this example, assignment one is due on February 9, 1997. Late assignments will be placed under 1.late until Feb 23, at which point they will be rejected.

Assignment two is due on February 28, 1997. No late assignments will be acepted.

Miscellaneous

Needed directories will be created automatically by the program if they don't exist. (Exception: config files must exist prior to running the program). All directories under ~classname/handin should be mode 0700.

John Goerzen [e-mail]
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