Logging in

Browser

From the browser you may use "codeanywhere.com" . The advantage is you can use it from any computer/browser. It requires a free login with your personal email address.

Create a new connection . The connection will be of type "SFTP/SSH" .

Hostname: hills.cssf.edu

Enter

Username:

Passwd:

and keep the rest of the options as default.

Unix and Mac

From an existing unix or Mac/Terminal system do:

ssh hills.ccsf.edu

and enter your username and password.

Windows

On the Windows operating system we have many options in order to compile and run it.

Cygwin

One is to install the Cygwin software from the site:

https://cygwin.com/

Choose the "g++" compiler and the "make" utility from the options when installing. For a text editor we have many options available . One editor is "Textpad" that can be downloaded from the site:

https://textpad.com

You should also download the syntax definition file from the "Textpad" site for Shell Scripting. That will enable the syntax coloring .

Hills.ccsf.edu

On a Windows system you can download

Winscp and Putty .

We can also use our "hills.ccsf.edu" remote unix system . This is what we will be using in class and you must do your assignments on this system. The software to access and use this can be any SSH based client ftp and "Putty" type command line system.

Winscp

https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Snapshot showing the Winscp Session/New Session settings. Choose the "Save" to save your settings including the password.

We can also integrate an editor such as Textpad using the "Options/Preferences" dialog box:

Putty

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

The program "putty.exe" is a single file that be saved to a folder such as "C:\putty" . We can integrate Putty with WinScp by

changing the "Option/Preferences" screen .

The checkbox "Remember session password will allow you to open up Putty from WinScp without a prompt for password.