CS401: Submitting Homework for Testing

Time in Idaho and Scheduler Information

Due date/times will be compared against file submital time stamps. The time at this server can be found here:

Homework Submission

Please only submit to your own lastname. If you know you have the same last name as another add the first chararcter of the first name to avoid a name collision. All times are officially the time of the server in Idaho.

Test Data

How Testing and Submission Works

• You submit under your last name. For example "smith". Select an assignment to submit to. If you are required to tar up your file, then tar up your sources using tar -cvf tarfile files so that when the system uses tar -xvf it will unpack your sources. One of the sources will be a makefile. The testing code assumes that make will build your executable as specified in the assignment. If you are required to submit in a format other than tar submit in that format.
• Your submission will be assigned a timestamp and put in the test queue. When you write me about your code include this time stamp so I can look at your code. Remember I don't do debugging only advising.
• When your turn comes up on the test machine it will unpack your code into an empty directory and build it using the simple command make.
• Then it will test your executable against a series of preliminary tests.
• When done it will make a side-beside comparison with the expected output and give you other information (probably more than you want to know) will be mailed back to you at your uidaho.edu email address.
• When the assignment deadline comes up the code will take the last submission you submitted before the deadline and run that against an expanded set of tests. You will be graded on how well you match the desired output. Make sure you get the format right or it may look like a mismatch. But you have time to repeatedly test your code against the preliminary tests before the deadline.
• Submit as many times as you like before the deadline. There is timelimit on your execution in case you get in an infinite loop. There is a lines of output limit to prevent you from generating huge files. Turn around, when not busy, is around 10 minutes. When loaded it can be 20-30 minutes. Please allow time to test your code before the deadline. Deadline is based on the local clock Pacific Time. See the time button at the top of this page. Scheduler information is also available at the top of the page. If the scheduler looks stuck (happens a couple of times a semester) write me.