Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Developer Documentation is a starting point for those developers who have not previously worked in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Oracle Solaris OS). Seasoned Oracle Solaris developers who might not be aware of the various information resources can benefit from this guide as well. The purpose of the book is to help developers take advantage of the numerous interfaces, frameworks, and tools available for the operating system. The book provides an overview of the Oracle Solaris OS development environment, abstracts of key manuals for Solaris developers, and links to sources of detailed information.
This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures. The supported systems appear in the Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.
In this document these x86 related terms mean the following:
“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64” relates specifically to 64-bit x86 compatible CPUs.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.
For supported systems, see the Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists.
This book is suggested for any developer who needs to learn more about the Solaris development environment. The book provides links for many information resources for learning about and developing on the Oracle Solaris OS.
This single-chapter manual consists of the following major sections:
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The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
---|---|---|
AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell |
$ |
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser |
# |
C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |