The following conventions are used in this manual. In addition, please note that all IP addresses are fictitious.
Ctrl/x
PF1 x
Return
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A sequence such as Ctrl/x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button.
A sequence such as PF1 x indicates that you must first press and release the key labeled PF1 and then press and release another key or a pointing device button.
In examples, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press a key on the keyboard. (In text, a key name is not enclosed in a box.)
In the HTML version of this document, this convention appears as brackets, rather than a box.
A horizontal ellipsis in examples indicates one of the following possibilities:
•Additional optional arguments in a statement have been omitted.
•The preceding item or items can be repeated one or more times.
•Additional parameters, values, or other information can be entered.
A vertical ellipsis indicates the omission of items from a code example or command format; the items are omitted because they are not important to the topic being discussed.
In command format descriptions, parentheses indicate that you must enclose choices in parentheses if you specify more than one.
[ ] | In command format descriptions, brackets indicate optional |
| choices. You can choose one or more items or no items. |
| Do not type the brackets on the command line. However, |
| you must include the brackets in the syntax for OpenVMS |
| directory specifications and for a substring specification in an |
| assignment statement. |
In command format descriptions, vertical bars separate choices | |
| within brackets or braces. Within brackets, the choices are |
| optional; within braces, at least one choice is required. Do not |
| type the vertical bars on the command line. |
{ } | In command format descriptions, braces indicate required |
| choices; you must choose at least one of the items listed. Do |
| not type the braces on the command line. |
bold text | This typeface represents the introduction of a new term. It |
| also represents the name of an argument, an attribute, or a |
| reason. |
italic text | Italic text indicates important information, complete titles |
| of manuals, or variables. Variables include information that |
| varies in system output (Internal error number), in command |
| lines (/PRODUCER=name), and in command parameters in |
| text (where dd represents the predefined code for the device |
| type). |
UPPERCASE TEXT | Uppercase text indicates a command, the name of a routine, |
| the name of a file, or the abbreviation for a system privilege. |
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