CS538: Spring 2003: C#

1. The installation resides in this directory:
      
  /u/p/l/plakal/courses/cs538/spring03/cs/mono



2. Add the `bin' subdirectory of the installation to your PATH environment variable. The `bin' subdirectory contains the compiler and runtime executables. Adding them to your PATH will make them accessible without having to type in the full path each time you want to run them. Here's how to do it depending on the Unix shell you use (tcsh is the default shell in case you don't know which shell you're using):
   
   For tcsh or csh, you can add this line to your ~/.cshrc file to set the PATH every time you start a new shell:
   
        setenv PATH /u/p/l/plakal/courses/cs538/spring03/cs/mono/bin:$PATH

For bash, you can add this line to your ~/.bashrc file to set the PATH every time you start a new shell:
   
        PATH=/u/p/l/plakal/courses/cs538/spring03/cs/mono/bin:$PATH
  export PATH

   
   
3. The name of the C# compiler is `mcs' (Mono C# Compiler). So if you have a C# program in a file called `foo.cs', then executing this:
   
  mcs foo.cs

   will produce a C# executable called `foo.exe' in the same directory as `foo.cs'. For information on options you can give the compiler, run:
   
  mcs -help
   
   
   
4. C# executables cannot be executed directly, they need to be interpreted by a C# interpreter. The name of the interpreter is `mint' (Mono interpreter). So if you have a C# executable in a file called `foo.exe', then executing this:
   
     mint foo.exe

   will execute foo.exe. For information on options you can give the interpreter, run:
   
  mint -help
   
   
5. Some sample C# programs have been placed in this directory:
   
     /u/p/l/plakal/courses/cs538/spring03/cs/mono/samples


These are small test cases and benchmarks taken from the Mono source distribution. For more sample programs, see the various C# introduction and tutorial links on the CS538 C# page.