Shell

The purpose of this project is to design and develop a comprehensive shell interface that enhances process control, user interaction, and error handling mechanisms. Submission for Fall 2025 - COP4610 - Project 1.

File Listing

root/
├── .vscode/
├── src/
    ├── background.rs
    ├── environment.rs
    ├── external.rs
    ├── lexer.rs
    ├── main.rs
    ├── path_search.rs
    ├── piping.rs
    ├── prompt.rs
    ├── redirection.rs
    ├── tilde.rs
    ├── builtin.rs
├── .gitattributes
├── .gitignore
├── Cargo.lock
├── Cargo.toml
├── README.md

How to Compile & Execute

Requirements

• Compiler: rustc for Rust.
• Dependencies: nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["process", "fs"] } signal-hook = "0.3" regex = "1.10"

Compilation

• cargo build

Execution

• cargo run This will run the program ...

Development Log

Each member records their contributions here.

Kyle Boerger

Date	Work Completed / Notes
2025-09-18	Tilde Expansion
2025-09-23	External Command Exec
2025-09-27	Background Processing

Hoang Vu

Date	Work Completed / Notes
2025-09-14	Tokenization
2025-09-21	$PATH Search
2025-09-28	Internal Command Exec

Bao Le

Date	Work Completed / Notes
2025-09-15	Prompt
2025-09-18	Environment Variables
2025-09-26	I/O Redirection
2025-09-28	Piping

Meetings

Document in-person meetings, their purpose, and what was discussed.

Date	Attendees	Topics Discussed	Outcomes / Decisions
2025-09-09	All members	First meeting	Division of labor

Most team communitcation is done using Discord, there are no conflict and every process is finish smoothly