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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:11:23 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        rajunpl@yahoo.co.uk
Cc:        rajunpl@hotmail.com
Subject:   Re: question
Message-ID:  <20040926121123.40fa439b.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY14-F41WRk48oryEu00004841@hotmail.com>
References:  <BAY14-F41WRk48oryEu00004841@hotmail.com>

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"raju raju" <rajunpl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    % man 1 chmo
> 
>    whaT  does (%) sign means here? root ,user or something else?

% is the prompt.  In the FreeBSD docs, the % prompt means the example was
done as root, while the $ prompt means that the example was done as a
normal user.

Most shells have a configurable prompt, so the prompts on your machine may
not be $ and %.  For example, on my computer:

bash-2.05b$ su
Password:
working# 

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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