4. Conventions Used in This Guide

These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:

command

Function names, literal command-line arguments (options/flags)

filename

Name of a file or directory

command -o option

Commands and text that you are to type literally in response to shell and command prompts

term

New terms

Book Title

Manual or book title

variable

Command-line arguments, filenames, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements

literal text

Code examples, error messages, prompts, and screen text

#

System shell prompt for the superuser (root)