The following is a list of the typographical conventions used in this book:
Bold | is used for machine names, hostnames, usernames, and IDs. |
Italic | is used for file and directory names, program and command names, command-line options, email addresses and pathnames, site names, and new terms. |
Constant Width | is used in examples to show the contents of files or the output from commands, to indicate environment variables and keywords that appear in code, and for Emacs commands. |
Constant Italic | is used to indicate variable options, keywords, or text that the user is to replace with an actual value. |
Constant Bold | is used in examples to show commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user. |
The bomb icon in the left margin is for Caution: you can make a mistake here that disables or damages your system or is hard to recover from.
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