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author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2019-11-02 10:51:03 +0200 |
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committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2019-11-02 10:51:03 +0200 |
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diff --git a/sag-0.2.README b/sag-0.2.README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b69ddd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/sag-0.2.README @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Linux System Administrator's Guide -*-Text-*- +by Lars Wirzenius + +ALPHA VERSION 0.2 + +This is the README for the Linux System Administrator's Guide, SAG for +short. The SAG is written using LaTeX, but for the benefit of those +who do not have access to LaTeX, several formatted versions for +different output devices are also provided (I will provide the source, +a .dvi file, and PostScript; I hope I can get someone to do a few +other formats as well, including ASCII). + +I am releasing alpha versions of the SAG for everyone to read, and +especially to comment on. Each alpha version will contain the +chapters that are `finished' so far, and an outline / table of +contents for the rest of the manual. By `finished', I mean that the +chapter contains at least the minimal needed information, that it is +not missing any important (as opposed to merely useful) information, +that I think it is good enough so that I won't get too many mails +about destroyed systems, and that it does not rely on information in +as yet unreleased chapters. + +The alpha versions are not intended to be used for real, so don't +complain if you get in trouble because of them. + +Please send feedback to lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi but don't be +alarmed if I don't answer very soon. I will be mostly out of touch +with the net until the beginning of September. + +The thing to run through LaTeX is sag.tex. It includes the rest of +the files automatically. + +If you cannot get the other formats, here's a couple of notes on how +to read the LaTeX source: + + A comment is introduced by `%' and continues to the end of a line. + + '{' and '}' are used to delimit groups (as in C, and like + `begin' and `end' in Pascal), and parameters to commands. + + '[' and ']' are also used to delimit parameters to commands. + + A command is introduced by '\' and consists of the next word. + A few of the important commands are \linux (which typesets + Linux in a `nice' way); \cmd{foo}, \fn{foo}, and \man{foo} + which typeset `foo' in a suitable way; and \chapter, \section, + and \subsection, which start the corresponding part in the + book (their argument is the name of the part). You can + probably ignore most other commands. + + If there is something else that looks funny, and doesn't make + sense to be part of the text, you can probably ignore it. + +(I'm not interested in hearing that LaTeX source code is difficult to +read.) |