Notation Conventions; General Syntax Notation - HP NonStop RDF J-series RVUs Management Manual

Notation Conventions

General Syntax Notation

This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual.
UPPERCASE LETTERS
Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words. Type these items exactly as shown.
Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:
MAXATTACH
Italic Letters
Italic letters, regardless of font, indicate variable items that you supply. Items not enclosed
in brackets are required. For example:
filename
Computer Type
Computer type letters indicate:
• C and Open System Services (OSS) keywords, commands, and reserved words. Type
these items exactly as shown. Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:
Use the cextdecs.h header file.
• Text displayed by the computer. For example:
Last Logon: 14 May 2006, 08:02:23
• A listing of computer code. For example
if (listen(sock, 1) < 0)
{
perror("Listen Error");
exit(-1);
}
Bold Text
Bold text in an example indicates user input typed at the terminal. For example:
ENTER RUN CODE
?123
CODE RECEIVED:
The user must press the Return key after typing the input.
[ ] Brackets
Brackets enclose optional syntax items. For example:
TERM [\system-name.]$terminal-name
INT[ERRUPTS]
A group of items enclosed in brackets is a list from which you can choose one item or none.
The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned brackets on each side of
the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of brackets and separated by vertical lines. For
example:
FC [ num
[ -num ]
[ text ]
K [ X | D ] address
26
123.00
]