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Preface
Formatting
conventions
The following table lists the kinds of formatting this guide uses to identify special
information.
Special messages
This guide contains special messages that are described as follows:
Note
A note contains important information that helps you install or operate the
system efficiently.
Caution
A caution contains instructions that you must follow to avoid damage to the
equipment, a system crash, or loss of data.
WARNING
WARNING
A warning contains instructions that you must follow to avoid personal
injury.
Formatting
convention
Type of information
Italic
type
◆
Words or characters that require special attention.
◆
File names and path names.
◆
Man page names.
◆
Book titles in cross-references.
◆
Placeholders for information you must supply. For
example, if the guide says to enter the command
arp -d
hostname
, you enter the characters “arp -d”
followed by the actual name of the host.
Monospaced
font
◆
Command and daemon names.
◆
Information displayed on the system console or other
computer monitors.
◆
The contents of files.
Bold
monospace
font
Words or characters you type. What you type is always
shown in lowercase letters, unless you must type it in
uppercase letters for it to work properly.