Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the

C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Typeface or

Symbol Meaning Example

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,

and directories; on-screen

computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with

on-screen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder:

replace with a real name or

value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms,

or words to be emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompt

C shell machine_name%

C shell superuser machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell $

Bourne shell and Korn shell

superuser