CIS 2279 Homework Assignment #03

Due Friday, Sep 16, 2011

• Create a perl script named lab03.pl in your user directory. The script must perform the following: (3 pts. each)
  
  1. Accepts the current temperature and RH (%) as commandline arguments.
  2. Checks that the temperature is a sane value (for surface observations) for both high and low values.
     (Example: The temperature should be greater than -50F and less than 150F). Print an error message if the value is invalid.
  3. Checks that the RH is a sane value (0-100) and prints an error if the value is out of range.
  4. Print the temperature and RH% to the screen in a readable manner.
  5. Check that your class directory exists and is writeable.
  6. Test if "/mnt/homes/CLASSES/CIS2279/LAB03/test.jpg" is a file or a directory. Print text to the screen informing the user about it's status.

last updated: 14 Sep 2011 19:16