Command Reference

Conventions

The conventions used throughout the VolServ technical books

 

are listed below:

 

 

 

Convention

Example

 

 

Screen text, file names, program names, and

Request to add a new volume:

commands are in Courier font.

Volume group will be “20”

 

 

Volume position will be “A123”.

 

 

The root prompt is shown as a number

# su root

symbol.

 

 

 

 

What you should type in is shown in Courier

vsarchiveqry

bold font.

 

 

 

 

Site-specific variables are in a Times italics

tar -xvftapedevicename

font.

 

 

 

 

A backward slash ( \ ) denotes the input is

# remsh nodename -n dd if=/dev \

continued onto the next line; the printed page

/tapedevicename/bs=20b tar xvfb \

is just not wide enough to accommodate the

- 20

line.

 

 

(You should type the entire command without

 

 

 

 

the backward slash.)

 

 

Pressing <Return> after each command is

 

assumed.

 

 

 

 

A menu name with an arrow refers to a

Config-->MediaType-->Redefine

sequence of menus.

 

 

 

 

 

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Preface

601356 Rev A

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ADIC 601356 manual Conventions, Bold font