Conventions Used In This BookΒΆ

The following typographical conventions are used throughout this book:

Italic

  • Indicates new terms, URLs, email addresses, filenames, and file extensions.

Fixed-width

  • Used for program listings, as well as within paragraphs to refer to program elements such as variable or function names, databases, data types, environment variables, statements, and keywords.

Code Snippets

#!/usr/bin/env python2

import salt.client

try:
    caller = salt.client.Caller()
    ret = caller.function('test.ping')

Note

Note

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Warning

Warning

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See Also

See also

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