HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 2.1
Additional Publications
For more information ab out standard Linux system administration or other related software
topics, refer to th e following documents, which must be purchased separately:
• Linux Administration U nlea s hed, by Thomas Schenk, et al.
• Managing NFS and NIS, by Hal Stern, Mike Eisler, a
nd Ricardo Labiaga (O’Reilly)
• MySQL, by P aul Debois
• MySQL Cookbook, by Paul Debois
• High Performance MySQL, by Jeremy Zawodny and
Derek J. Balling (O’Reilly)
• Perl Cookbook, Seco nd Edition , by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington
• Perl in A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference , by Ellen Siever, et al.
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Italic font
Italic (slanted) font indicates the name of a variable that you can
replace in a command example or informa tio n in a display that
represents several possible values.
Document titles are shown in Italic font. For example: Linux
Administration Handbook.
Courier font
Courier font represents text that is displayed by the computer.
Courier font also represents literal items, such as comm a nd
names, file names, routines, directory nam es, path n ames, signals,
messages, and programming language structures.
Bold text
In command and interactive examples, bo ld text represents the
literal text that you enter. For exam ple:
# cd /opt/hptc/config/sbin
In text paragraphs, bold text indicates a new term or a term that is
defined in the glossary.
$ an d # In command examples, a dollar sign ($) represents th e system
prompt for the bash shell and also shows that a u ser is in non-root
mode. A po und sign (#) indicates that the user is in root or superuser
mode.
[]
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the contents are op tional. If the con tent s are separated by a pipe
character ( | ), you m ust ch oose one of the items.
{ } In command syntax and examples, braces ({ }) indicate that the
contents are required. If the contents are separated by a pipe
character (|), you m ust choose one of t he items.
…
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indicate that the preceding element can be repeated as many times
as necessary.
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In programming examples, s creen displays, and command output,
vertical ellipsis points indicate an o mission of information that do es
not alter the meaning or affect the user if it is not shown.
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