Preface

Table of Contents

1. Getting Help
2. Conventions

This guide describes all aspects of DFdiscover system administration and is written for DFdiscover system administrators. Most tasks can be performed through the DFdiscover system application, DFadmin, but some require typing UNIX commands as either datafax or root. Some familiarity with UNIX and computer system administration is assumed.

1. Getting Help

For software support, please contact the DFdiscover team:

2. Conventions

A number of conventions have been used throughout this document.

Any freestanding sections of code are generally shown like this:

# this is example code
code = code + overhead;

If a line starts with # or %, this character denotes the system prompt and is not typed by the user.

Text may also have several styles:

  • Emphasized words are shown as follows: emphasized words.

  • Filenames appear in the text like so: dummy.c.

  • Code, constants, and literals in the text appear like so: main.

  • Variable names appear in the text like so: nBytes.

  • Text on user interface labels or menus is shown as: Printer name, while buttons in user interfaces are shown as Cancel.

  • Menus and menu items are shown as: File > Exit.