TAR submits

How to submit a TAR file

  1. Submit a single *.tar file containing only your source files.
    The *.tar should contain ALL & NOTHING BUT your source files.
    All those your website needs to properly function and no others.
  2. The *.tar file should be named *EXACTLY* as follows. The (lack of) capitalization is required.
    
                         project-ldale.tar
    
    For ldale, substitute your own username. This tar file should be created in such a way that it creates a single directory of THE SAME NAME when I un-tar it. Below is one way to make this happen from the command line.
    
    
      mkdir project-ldale
    
      cd project-ldale
    
                  populate directory w/ your source files & NOTHING ELSE
    
      cd ..
    
      tar cvf   project-ldale.tar   project-ldale
    
        
  3. That's it. Now email your *.tar file to me as an attachment. The subject of your email should be... 284 - project as in the below.
    
      Subject: 284 - project
    
        

    If you want to "doublecheck" what you've sent me, here's one way. CC yourself on the email you send. Save the tar file into a new folder. Navigate to that folder and un-tar the file at the command line. Then check the directory contents.

    The commands to do this are summarized below.

    
           mkdir sandbox 
           cd sandbox
    
                  save tar attachment into sandbox folder
    
           tar  xvf   project-ldale.tar   
           cd project-ldale
           ls