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- File names, directories, and commands appear in Courier font.
For example:
- Directory: /opt/WebSphere/PortalServer
- Command: startServer WebSphere_Portal
- Variables are either italicized, enclosed in brackets, or both. For example: http://hostname.example.com:10040/wps/portal,
where hostname.example.com is the fully qualified host
name of the machine where WebSphere Portal is running and 10040 is the default
transport port that is created by WebSphere Application Server.
- Variables are used to indicate root installation directories. See Directory structure for more information.
- Directories are shown with forward slashes (/), unless
operating-system specific information is provided. On Windows systems,
you should use backward slashes (\) when typing at a command line, unless
otherwise noted.
- Operating-system specific information is provided. For example:
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- When the term Linux is
used, this implies all Linux-based operating
systems that are supported.