
Conventions
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
Convention | Meaning |
Command | This |
| routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language |
| structures. |
variable | The italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being |
| defined. Italic typeface is also used for book titles. |
user input | This bold |
| interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold, |
[ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. |
... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. |
man page(x) | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names. |
GUI element | This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such |
| as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, |
| fields, and lists. |
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