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the Solaris OS. The release notes are available online at:
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additional documents, bulletins, and related links. Access this site at:
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■ Predictive Self-Healing Knowledge Database – You can access the knowledge
article corresponding to a self-healing message by taking the Sun Message
Identifier (SUNW-MSG-ID) and entering it into the field on this page:
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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.
Replace command-line variables
with real names or values.
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
To delete a file, type rm filename.