HP MPE/iX 6.x Operating System Conventions (continued)

Conventions (continued)

[ . . .	]	In a syntax statement, horizontal ellipses enclosed in brac kets
		indicate that you can repeatedly select the elemen t(s) that appear
		within the immediately preceding pair of brac kets or braces. In the
		example below, you can select parameter zero or more times. Eac h
		instance of parameter must be preceded by a comma:
		[,parameter][...]
		In the example belo w, you only use the comma as a delimiter if
		parameter is repeated; no comma is used before the ￿rst occurrence
		of parameter :
		[parameter][,...]
. . .		In a syntax statement, horizontal ellipses enclosed in v ertical bars
		indicate that you can select more than one elemen t within the
		immediately preceding pair of brac kets or braces. However, each
		particular elemen t can only be selected once. In the follo wing
		example, you must select A, AB, BA , or B. The elements cannot be
		repeated.
		A
		￿ B ￿. . .

.. . In an example, horizon tal or vertical ellipses indicate where portions of an example ha ve been omitted.

1In a syntax statement, the space sym bol 1 shows a required blank. In the following example, parameter and parameter must be separated with a blank:

		(parameter)1(parameter)
4	5	The symbol 4	5 indicates a key on the keyboard. For example,

4RETURN5 represents the carriage return k ey or 4Shift5 represents the shift key.

4CTRL5character 4CTRL5character indicates a control character. For example, 4CTRL5Y means that you press the control key and the Y key simultaneously.

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