HP NonStop G-Series User Manual
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About This Guide
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General Syntax Notation
Quotation marks around a symbol such as a bracket or brace indicate the symbol is a
required character that you must enter as shown. For example:
"["
repetition-constant-list
"]"
Item Spacing. Spaces shown between items are required unless one of the items is a
punctuation symbol such as a parenthesis or a comma. For example:
CALL STEPMOM (
process-id
) ;
If there is no space between two items, spaces are not permitted. In the following
example, there are no spaces permitted between the period and any other items:
$
process-name
.#
su-name
Line Spacing. If the syntax of a command is too long to fit on a single line, each continuation
line is indented three spaces and is separated from the preceding line by a blank line.
This spacing distinguishes items in a continuation line from items in a vertical list of
selections. For example:
ALTER [ / OUT
file-spec
/ ] LINE
[ ,
attribute-spec
]...
The following list summarizes the notation conventions for the presentation of displayed
messages in this manual.
Bold Text. Bold text in an example indicates user input entered at the terminal. For example:
ENTER RUN CODE
?123
CODE RECEIVED: 123.00
The user must press the Return key after typing the input.
Nonitalic text. Nonitalic letters, numbers, and punctuation indicate text that is displayed or
returned exactly as shown. For example:
Backup Up.
lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items whose values are
displayed or returned. For example:
p-register
process-name
[ ] Brackets. Brackets enclose items that are sometimes, but not always, displayed. For
example:
Event number =
number
[ Subject =
first-subject-value
]
A group of items enclosed in brackets is a list of all possible items that can be displayed,
of which one or none might actually be displayed. The items in the list might be