Conventions¶
This page lists some conventions and notations used in this documentation.
Operating systems¶
We will use visual shortcuts to refer to the operating system families supported by the HRM, as in the following table:
| Icon | Corresponding operating system family |
|---|---|
 |
Fedora, CentOS, RHEL |
 |
Ubuntu and derivatives |
Warning
Support for 
Mac OS X was dropped in HRM version 3.1.
Variables¶
| Variable | Description | (Example) value |
|---|---|---|
| $ROOT | Web server document root | /var/www/html |
| $HRM_HOME | HRM root (home) folder | $ROOT/hrm |
| $CONFIG | HRM configuration folder | $HRM_HOME/config |
| $SAMPLES | HRM configuration samples folder | $HRM_HOME/config/samples |
| $RESOURCES | HRM resources folder | $HRM_HOME/resources |
| $SETUP | HRM setup folder | $HRM_HOME/setup |
| $BIN | HRM binary folder | $HRM_HOME/bin |
| $USER | HRM customization folder | $HRM_HOME/user |
| $HRM_DATA | HRM data folder | /data/hrm_data |
Note
Please notice that $ROOT is /var/www/html in and in as of version 14.04 LTS. In earlier versions of , however, $ROOT used to be /var/www.