Conventions Used in This Book
This book uses the following typographical conventions:
- Italic
Indicates nomenclature that we’ve not previously used. Also used for emphasis and to indicate files and directories.
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Constant Width Indicates commands and command options, usernames, and hostnames. Also used to show the command output, and the contents of text and program files.
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Constant Width Bold Used in examples to indicate commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user.
Constant Width ItalicIndicates text that you should replace with your own values—for example, your own name or password. When this appears as part of text that you should type in, it is shown as
Constant Width Italic Bold.#,$Used in some examples as the root shell prompt (
#) and as the user prompt ($) under the Bourne orbashshell. Unless stated otherwise, instructions in such examples can be used with little modification from the Windows command prompt.C:\>Used in some examples as the Windows command prompt.
Tip
Signifies a tip, suggestion, or general note.
Warning
Indicates a warning or caution.
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