CS 481:  Operating System Principles



            Assignment # 2:  Due Date = Monday, 09/14/98





Chapter 3:  Problems 17, 18 and 24.


Programming assignment using system calls:
Write a program modeled on that in the text (page 37). Your program should 
accept command line parameters - input file name, output file name and
a positive integer, k. 
The input file is assumed to exist already while the output
file should be created. The program should reverse the input file and store 
it in the output file. While the program in the text does the transfer
one character at a time, your program should do this k characters at a 
time.
Report execution times for different values of k and explain any differences
you may observe.