Preface

Bold

Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example, bold is used in sentences such as the following:

• From the File menu, choose Open.

• Click the Cancel button.

• In the Enter name entry box, type your name.

Italics

Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the user or system. Italics are also used for emphasis. For example:

• Write the command as follows:

  copy source-file target-file

• Do not delete the configuration file.

Code font

A code font indicates text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:

• At the prompt, enter dir.

• Use the send command to send mail.

• The following message is displayed:

  The password is incorrect.

|

In syntax explanations, a vertical bar separates multiple items, and has the meaning of OR. For example:

A|B|C means A, or B, or C.

{}

In syntax explanations, curly brackets indicate that only one of the enclosed items is to be selected. For example:

{A|B|C} means only one of A, or B, or C.

[ ]

In syntax explanations, square brackets indicate that the enclosed item or items are optional. For example:

[A] means that you can specify A or nothing.

[B|C] means that you can specify B, or C, or nothing.

...

In coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding have been omitted.

In syntax explanations, an ellipsis indicates that the immediately preceding item can be repeated as many times as necessary. For example:

A, B, B, ... means that, after you specify A, B, you can specify B as many times as necessary.

()

Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical bar (|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable.

This symbol is used to explicitly indicate a space. For example, AAABBB means that you must place a space between AAA and BBB.

\

When a syntax character shown above is used as an ordinary character, a backslash is prefixed to the character. For example, \| means | as an ordinary character, not as a syntax character.

StoreDatabase

Code-font characters must be entered exactly as shown.

database-name

This font style marks a placeholder that indicates where appropriate characters are to be entered in an actual command.

SD

Bold code-font characters indicate an abbreviation for a command.