Environment-Specific Information

This book supports users of various operating environments. Where it provides information that does not apply to all supported environments, the following symbols are used to identify that information:

Windows. Information specific to the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Windows XP, and Windows Vista environment is identified by Windows symbol.

Windows 32-bit. Information specific to the Microsoft Windows 32-bit environment is identified by the Windows symbol and the characters 32-bit.

Windows 64-bit. Information specific to the Microsoft Windows 64-bit environment is identified by the Windows symbol and the characters 64-bit.

UNIX and Linux. Information specific to Linux and UNIX environments is identified by this symbol, which applies to all Linux and UNIX environments supported. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

z/OS. Information specific to z/OS and OS/390 environments is identified by the characters z/OS.