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Operating system-dependent notation
This book uses the Windows convention for environment variables
and directory notation.
When using the UNIX command line you should do the following:
- Environment variables
- First verify the correct value for the UNIX variable name, as many Windows and UNIX variables that perform the same task have different names (for example,
%TEMP% in Windows is equivalent to $tmp in UNIX). Then replace %Windows_variable% with $UNIX_variable
- File and directory paths
- Replace each backslash ( \ ) with a forward slash
( / ).
Note:
If you are using the bash shell on a Windows computer,
you can use the UNIX conventions.
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