Throughout the document(s) these conventions are followed:
Notation | Description |
$ or > | The dollar sign or the right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates operating system prompt for VMS The dollar sign can also indicates non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe) |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples indicates command response output.. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type in interactive examples indicates context dependent typed user input |
 | This symbol represents the Enter key without typed user input. Used for example to tell the user to select the default value by pressing enter. |
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