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P2:

1. In P2, are we supposed to implement all the features of the shell that we designed in P1 again for the cluster shell, or just a basic shell independent of P1?
2. In P2, what are the combination tools that need to be implemented apart from "|" ? Do we need to implement >,<,||,|||, etc. ?
3. Are we allowed to use popen() in P2?
4. Can we use execvp() in P2 instead of writing code to search in PATH?
5. Do we need to consider the commands that require user input? For example, if user enters n2.grep "hello" on n1, then he will need to provide user input. In such a case, should the user input be taken from the shell in n1, or the shell in n2, or should we ignore such cases?
6. Are all node names of the form n* or was that just an example? If they can be anything, do we need to implement pattern matching for the names?
7. In P3, should the chat application run over a network or does it need to run only within a system?