Red Hat NETWORK 2.9 - MANAGEMENT Reference Manual page 7

Introduction
prompt
A prompt, which is a computer's way of signifying that it is ready for you to input something, is
shown in this style. Examples:
$
#
[stephen@maturin stephen]$
leopard login:
user input
Text that the user has to type, either on the command line, or into a text box on a GUI screen, is
displayed in this style. In the following example, text is displayed in this style:
To boot your system into the text based installation program, you must type in the text com-
mand at the
boot:
replaceable
Text used for examples which is meant to be replaced with data provided by the user is displayed
in this style. In the following example,
The directory for the kernel source is
version-number
Additionally, we use several different strategies to draw your attention to certain pieces of informa-
tion. In order of how critical the information is to your system, these items are marked as note, tip,
important, caution, or a warning. For example:
Note
Remember that Linux is case sensitive. In other words, a rose is not a ROSE is not a rOsE.
Tip
The directory
/usr/share/doc/
system.
Important
If you modify the DHCP configuration file, the changes will not take effect until you restart the DHCP
daemon.
prompt.
is the version of the kernel installed on this system.
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contains additional documentation for packages installed on your
version-number
/usr/src/
is displayed in this style:
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version-number
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iii
, where
/
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