Conventions
The following information describes the conventions used in the
documentation.
Command conventions
Convention
Description
Boldface
Bold
text represents commands and keywords that you
enter literally as shown.
Italic
Italic
text represents arguments that you replace with actual
values.
[ ]
Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or
arguments) that are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated
by vertical bars, from which you select one.
[ x | y | ... ]
Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices
separated by vertical bars, from which you select one or
none.
{ x | y | ... } *
Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax
choices separated by vertical bars, from which you select a
minimum of one.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax
choices separated by vertical bars, from which you select
one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n>
The argument or keyword and argument combination before
the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n times.
#
A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.
GUI conventions
Convention
Description
Boldface
Window names, button names, field names, and menu
items are in Boldface. For example, the
New User
window
opens; click
OK
.
>
Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For
example,
File
>
Create
>
Folder
.
