# it is - thanks! On 5/4/07, Brendan Gregg - Sun Microsystems <brendan at sun.com> wrote: > > G'Day, > > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 08:44:53PM -0400, Blake wrote: > > What's our convention in Solaris docs for showing command line > entries? Do > > we use a generic prompt marker, or just list the commands? > > Use a prompt marker - it is a useful way to differentiate root/non-root > commands. > > There is a convention listed at the start of most docs.sun.com books, > > C shell machine_name% > C shell for superuser machine_name# > Bourne shell and Korn shell $ > Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser # > > Which makes sense (or made sense in 1990, before bash/zsh ;). > > The following is what I use anyway, > > root # > non-root $ > > and if the example is switching between hosts, > > root hostname# > non-root hostname$ > > and if the example is moving around different directories, > > root pathname# > non-root pathname$ > > Brendan > > -- > Brendan > [CA, USA] >
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