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Convention

Meaning

extensions

Compaq extensions to the 1985 ANSI COBOL Standard are
color coded in blue or gray. Note that the term extension in
this manual means a Compaq extension to the ANSI COBOL
Standard. (Some of these extensions are included in the
X/Open CAE Standard for the COBOL language.)

report file

Bold type indicates a new term.

full-file-name

This syntax term refers to the name of a file and the device
and directory, or path, in which it is located. For example:

c:\home\public\filename.txt (Windows NT path)

DISK2$:[HOME.PUBLIC]FILENAME.TXT; (OpenVMS file
specification)

/disk2/home/public/filename.txt (Tru64 UNIX
file specification)

compiler option

This term refers to command-line qualifiers (OpenVMS Alpha
systems), options (Windows NT Alpha systems), or flags (Tru64
UNIX systems). For example:

/LIST

(OpenVMS qualifier or NT option)†

-list

(Tru64 UNIX flag or NT option)†

COBOL

This term refers to language information common to ANSI-85
COBOL, Compaq COBOL, and Compaq COBOL for OpenVMS
VAX.

Return

A boxed symbol indicates that you must press a key on the
terminal; for example,

Return

indicates that you press the

Return key.

Tab

This symbol indicates a nonprinting tab character.

Ctrl/x

The symbol

Ctrl/x

indicates that you hold down the key labeled

CTRL while you press another key, for example,

Ctrl C

or

Ctrl O

.

$

The dollar sign ( $ ) represents the OpenVMS system prompt.

%

The percent sign ( % ) represents the Tru64 UNIX system
prompt.

C:\ >

A letter followed by a colon ( : ), a backslash \ , and a greater-
than sign (>) represents the MS-DOS system prompt.

Start | Programs | . . .

A series of names separated by vertical bars ( | ) means you
should click on the first named Windows NT object, then the
second named object, and so on.

†Either the slash or the hyphen is acceptable for Windows NT compiler options. Use the slash for
Windows NT linker options.

References

The following table shows certain references and their respective meanings in
this manual:

Reference

Meaning

OpenVMS

OpenVMS Alpha operating system

Tru64 UNIX

Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system

Windows NT

Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0, SP4, SP5 for Alpha systems

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