HP MPE/iX 6.x Operating System Conventions

Conventions

UPPERCASE In a syntax statement, commands and keywords are shown in uppercase characters. The characters must be entered in the order shown; however, you can enter the characters in either uppercase or lowercase. For example:

COMMAND

can be entered as any of the follo wing:

command Command COMMAND

It cannot, however, be entered as:

comm com_mand comamnd

italics		In a syntax statement or an example, a w ord in italics represents a
		parameter or argument that you must replace with the actual v alue.
		In the following example, you must replace ￿lename with the name
		of the ￿le:
		COMMAND ￿lename
bold italics		In a syntax statement, a word in bold italics represents a parameter
		that you must replace with the actual v alue. In the follo wing
		example, you must replace ￿lename with the name of the ￿le:
		COMMAND( ￿lename)
punctuation		In a syntax statement, punctuation characters (other than brac kets,
		braces, vertical bars, and ellipses) m ust be entered exactly as shown.
		In the following example, the paren theses and colon must be entered:
		(￿lename):(￿lename)
underlining		Within an example that con tains interactive dialog, user input and
		user responses to prompts are indicated b y underlining. In the
		following example, y es is the user's response to the prompt:
		Do you want to continue? >> yes
{	}	In a syntax statement, braces enclose required elemen ts. When
		several elements are stacked within braces, you must select one. In
		the following example, y ou must select either ON or OFF:
		ON
		COMMAND ￿ OFF ￿
[	]	In a syntax statement, brackets enclose optional elemen ts. In the

following example, OPTION can be omitted: COMMAND ￿lename [OPTION]

When several elements are stacked within brackets, you can select one or none of the elements. In the follo wing example, y ou can select OPTION or parameter or neither. The elemen ts cannot be repeated.

COMMAND ￿lename ￿ OPTION ￿

parameter

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