<div dir="ltr">IMHO, rule 1 = If a normal user can run a command then it must have $ prompt. ex ls -l rule 2 = If a command need root privilege to run, it must have # prompt ex dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda rule3 = rule 1 has high priority then rule 2. <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Jason Taylor <<a href="mailto:jmtaylor90@gmail.com">jmtaylor90@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 08:17 +1000, Murray McAllister wrote: > Hi, > > The Red Hat documentation team recently had a discussion about using > prompts (such as "$" and "#") in command examples. > > Joshua "top-posting ftw" Wulf came up with the following, and everyone > agreed (I think...): > > --- > > OK, here it is: > > When it's a command that should (could) be cut and pasted, it should > have no prompt. Example: > > ls -Z /tmp > > When it's a record of an interactive session then the prompt should be > included to distinguish commands from output. Example: > > # ls -Z /tmp > > -rw-rw-r-- auser auser user_u:object_r:user_home_t bar > -rw-rw-r-- auser auser user_u:object_r:user_home_t foo > > And when you want to make some commentary on that, you close the box > and then speak. > > --- > > Does anyone have any suggestions or objections? > > Cheers. </div>Commentary being along the lines of whether or not the command should/has to be run as root or normal user? -Jason -- fedora-docs-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-docs-list@redhat.com">fedora-docs-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list</a> </blockquote></div> -- ВААА[ Narendra Sisodiya ]ААААААААААААААГ Б <a href="http://narendra.techfandu.org">http://narendra.techfandu.org</a> Б <a href="http://www.lug-iitd.org">http://www.lug-iitd.org</a> ДАААААААААААА[ +91-93790-75930 ]ААААААЕ </div>