Chapter 1. About this book
- Table of Contents
- 1.1. Availability
- 1.2. Conventions
1.1. Availability
This book was written in DocBook/XML, and converted to HTML and PDF with Jade. The latest version of the book is always available from: http://www.slackbasics.org/.
1.2. Conventions
This section gives a short summary of the conventions in this book.
1.2.1. File names
File or directory names are printed as: /path/to/file. For example: /etc/fstab
1.2.2. Commands
Commands are printed as bold text. For example: ls -l
1.2.3. Screen output
Screen output is printed like this:
Hello world!
If commands are being entered in the screen output the commands will be printed as bold text:
$ command Output
If a command is executed as root, the shell will be displayed as "#". If a command is executed as a normal non-privileged user, the shell will be displayed as "$".
1.2.4. Notes
Some sections contain extra notes. It is not necessary to know the information in notes, but notes may provide valuable information, or pointers to information. Notes are printed like this:
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