Platform Notes: Sun Enterprise 6x00/5x00/4x00/3x00 Systems

Preface

This book describes software features that apply only to the SunTM EnterpriseTM 6x00/5x00/4x00/3x00 family of servers.

Related Documents

For detailed information on the software features described in this book, refer to the man pages for Solaris 7. For information on DR features, refer to the Sun Enterprise 6x00, 5x00, 4x00, and 3x00 Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide.

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Using UNIX Commands

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Typographic Conventions

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Examples 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output. 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output. 

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized.  

Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value. 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell  

machine_name%

C shell superuser  

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell  

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser  

#

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