In what follows, we
shall use the following typographical conventions:
Characters written
in bold typewriter
font are commands to be typed into the computer as they stand.
Characters written
in italic
typewriter font indicate non-specific file or directory
names.
Words inserted
within square brackets [ ] indicate keys to be pressed.
So, for example,
%
ls anydirectory [Return]
means "at the UNIX prompt
%, type ls followed by the name of some directory, then press the
key marked return"
Don't forget to press
the [Return] key: commands are not sent to the computer until this is done.
Note: UNIX is
"case-sensitve", so LS
is not the same as ls.
The same applies
to filenames, so myfile.txt, MyFile.txt and MYFILE.TXT
are three seperate files. Beware if copying files to a PC, since DOS
and Windows do not make this distinction.
