The following conventions are used throughout this manual:
Text Conventions
italic | Identifies book titles. |
| bold | Identifies options, command buttons, and menu |
| items. |
Syntax Conventions
fixed width | Identifies file names, system prompts, operating |
| system commands, and UNIX error and system |
| messages. |
italic fixed width | Identifies variables that you need to replace |
| according to your environment. |
| bold fixed | Identifies the default in a series of parameters. |
| width |
|
Separates mutually exclusive parameters; only | |
| one of the parameters separated by the bar is |
| allowed. |
[ ] | Indicate that the enclosed parameters are |
| optional. |
{ } | Indicate that only one of the enclosed parameters |
| are required. |
\ | Indicates that a command line, parameter, or code |
| continues on the following line. |
# | Precedes a UNIX command that must be |
| performed as a root user. |
% | Precedes a UNIX command that must be |
| performed as an ordinary user. |
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