User`s guide

PShop User’s Guide - ix

Chapter 1: Before You Begin

Type Conventions

Different kinds of typefaces used throughout this manual indicate text that will

appear on the screen or need to be entered by the user.

When asked to enter commands preceded by a pound sign (‘#’), the user should

be in super-user mode or ‘root’ first. (The command to be entered does not

include the pound sign itself.)

System Requirements

PShop is available for a variety of Unix-based workstations. The following

platforms are currently supported:

Type: Indicates text is:

courier

text generated by the computer

courier bold

text typed in by user

text to be replaced by user

Manufacturer Operating System / CPU

Sun Solaris SPARC (Solaris 2.7+)

HP HP-UX PA-RISC

Linux: RedHat, Mandrake, etc. Linux x86 (Kernel 2.0 and higher)

Table 1: Supported Platforms