Installation guide

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

TABLE P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface Meaning Example

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, les, and directories,

and onscreen computer output

Edit your .login le.

Use ls -a to list all les.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted with onscreen

computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

aabbcc123 Placeholder: replace with a real name or value The command to remove a le is rm

lename.

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new terms, and terms to be

emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy that is stored

locally.

Do not save the le.

Note: Some emphasized items

appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C

shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

TABLE P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell Prompt

C shell machine_name%

C shell for superuser machine_name#

Preface