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Welcome to the Caldera Network Desktop. This guide is intended for users of the Desktop interface. Some information is also included for system administrators responsible for installing or supporting the Network Desktop. For additional information on administration, refer to the Desktop installation guide.
This guide is organized by task, rather than by command. For example, when you want to move a file, refer to the chapter "Managing Directories and Files," rather than looking for a chapter that describes the Move command.
To find information about a specific command, task, or subject, refer to the index. We have included as many synonyms as possible for each subject and task.
The following descriptions will help you understand the precise intend of the procedures and descriptions presented throughout this Guide.
Throughout this guide, we have tried to avoid the use of technical terms. When it is necessary to use a term, we italicize it the first time it is used. For information about general computer terms or concepts introduced in this guide, see your system documentation or a general glossary of computer terms.
In this guide, we use the word files to refer to any type of file found in your system. This includes text files, data files, applications, FIFOs, symbolic links, sockets, and devices. We use the word directories to refer to any type of directory found in your system. In a few places in this manual, we use the word objects to refer to all types of files and directories in your system.
Most of this guide is devoted to step-by-step instructions for performing tasks.
Procedures that document clicking Icon Bar buttons as an alternative choice for performing a step assume that you have set your Icon Bar display to show that particular button. For information on displaying buttons on the Icon Bar, refer to "Internal Icon Bar Buttons."
The following style conventions are used in command and language syntax descriptions. Most of these apply only to the information in the chapter "Defining File Types." Most Desktop users will not need to perform the tasks that require use of command and language syntax descriptions.
Syntax diagrams and source code samples are printed in Courier type.
In generalized syntax diagrams, sections for which detailed syntax is not presented are represented by descriptive labels enclosed in "less than" (<) and "greater than" (>) symbols.
For example:
DEFINE TYPE <type name>
ICON <icon name>
FILE_DESCRIPTION <text>
<rule statement>
<command section>
END
Fixed elements of the command or language (including keywords, mathematical symbols, and other non-alphabetic characters) are printed in boldface in syntax diagrams. These elements are represented literally, with any required capitalization, both in the syntax diagram and in accompanying text. When referenced in text that is not part of a syntax diagram or table, these elements are printed in the font used by the surrounding text and retain any uppercase and lowercase characteristics indicated in the syntax diagram.
Variable data supplied by the user is represented by italicized descriptive labels. When referenced in text that is not part of a syntax diagram or table, the label is italicized and printed in the font used by the surrounding text.
For example:
FILE_DESCRIPTION "Description"
Optional syntax elements are enclosed in brackets ("[" and "]").
Lists of items separated by vertical bars (|) are exclusive lists from which the user may choose one and only one item. If the list is enclosed in braces ("{" and "}"), one item must be used.
For example:
CONTENT Offset [TO Offset]
{STRING | BYTE | SHORT | LONG} [< | > | =]
{"String" | NumericValue}
Ellipses (...) following a syntax element indicate that the element can be repeated an unlimited number of times.
For example:
DIRECTORY Name [Name ...]
Many command dialogs have a default button you can select by pressing Return instead of clicking the button. The default button is always highlighted with a double border.