Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
I.
Command conventions
Convention
Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in
Boldface
.
italic
Command arguments are in
italic
.
[ ]
Items (keywords or arguments) in square
brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars. One is
selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in
square brackets and separated by vertical
bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars. A minimum
of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in
square brackets and separated by vertical
bars. Many or none can be selected.
&<1-n>
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&)
sign can be entered 1 to n times.
#
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
