Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date Submitted |
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Printed | Page 8 In line 7, in the first line under "Options" |
(for the "at" command) reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 10 batch, last para |
Both sentences on defaults are wrong (probably they were just copied |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 17-18 There's no mention of the program 'setuser' in this book. |
I've often found it an invaluable sysadmin tool, and thought I'd |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 32 The entry for cut (and the entry for paste) says "see also join" |
however, there is no entry for join! |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 34 date, last format (%U) |
"(01-53)" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 35 |
The syntax for the "dd" command currently reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 54 In the entry for the command "find", the option "-anewer" is |
described incorrectly. The book says: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 67 fuser, -n, 3rd line |
format of "file" should be bold (as "udp" and "tcp" on the next line) |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 88 locate |
"Option" (header) should read "Options" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 108 nice |
"Option" (header) should read "Options" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 121 shar, option -b, 3rd line of description |
"-B" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 132 sum |
"Option" (header) should read "Options" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 134 There are some mix-ups in the following explanations |
some vi-Mode Deletion commands |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 164 describing the shells, at the bottom of the page. |
If the program name is: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 207 Under the heading "Command Forms," |
the AND and OR commands are mixed up. They should read: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 370 ident, 1st code line of "Examples" |
end of line should read: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 375 rlog, option -ddates, subentries |
no consistent use of either "d" or "date" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 377 CVS commands, commands add and remove |
Typo in respository |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 379 cvswrappers file, option -t, 1st line of descr. |
"script" should be italic, not bold |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 381 variable $CVSWRAPPERS |
Is the description correct? |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 479 grpck, 5rd line |
typo in "interractive" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 480 host, 1st para |
wrong font |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 499 logrotate, delaycompress |
typo in "rotatition" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 581 ramdisk=size |
1st sentence is not logical. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 607 In the index, the "set" command points to page 241 |
(csh and tcsh set command) and page 290 (ex editor set command). |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 607 Page 193, "bash set command," should be added to the |
pages for the set command in the index, since its csh |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 607 The 'script' entry of p. 119 is correct, however the pp. 538-543 |
should be p. 538. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 607 The 'sendmail' entry does not include pp. 538-543. |
(Reader comment) |
Anonymous |