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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