Bonus

Description

Write a program that copies a directory from a location owned by the user executing the program to a location owned by the owner of the executable.

Specifications

• The program must be properly modular and documented appropriately.

• The name of the compiled program must be cpdir.

• The default make target should create the executable and set the appropriate permissions

• The source path of the directory to copy is specified as a command line argument.

• The destination of the copied directory is specified by the CPDIR environment variable.

• The program must deal with signals correctly such that the file system remains in a consistent state with respect to permissions.

Grading

This is a bonus project that will be graded according to the programming project rubric, but it will be weighted to be worth half a programming assignment. The grade will be added to the final course grade.

Turning in the Assignment

For this assignment, you must turn in a zip file of a directory named bonus containing the following files:

• README (containing design decisions and a description of the protocol)
• Makefile
• Source code

Submit the zip file to the appropriate folder on D2L.