User Guide

1-2 Preliminary Draft Ampex 1308904-X4
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Manual Contents ACL Application Programmer’s Guide
Each platform-specific software installation guide referenced in “Related Documents” on
page 1-4 provides a complete list of supported hosts and operating system versions for that
platform. You can also contact Ampex Technical Support for information on supported
systems (see page 1-5).
1.3 Manual Contents
• Section 1, “General Information,” describes document conventions used in this manual,
its intended audience, and related documents.
• Section 2, “ACL Software Overview,” provides a general overview of the host system
device driver interface, the
libacl API functions, and the ACL utilities.
• Section 3, “ACL Operational Characteristics,” describes ACL capabilities and behavior.
• Section 4, “libacl API Functions” contains the libacl API manual pages.
• Section 5, “ACL Utilities“ contains the ACL utilities manual pages.
• Appendix A, “Returned Sense Data,” describes the sense data and condition codes the
ACL uses to report events, conditions, and operational status.
1.4 Notational Conventions
This manual uses the following typographical conventions:
Bold In a syntax description, indicates text that must be typed literally. In
other contexts, indicates UNIX command and utility names, program
and application names, and C function names.
Italic In a syntax description, indicates generic arguments or options; these
should be replaced with user-supplied values. Also used for book titles,
notes in the text requiring special attention, or to
emphasize terms.
[ ] In a command syntax description, surrounds optional elements. Do not
type the brackets themselves.
| In a command syntax description, separates alternate items. Only one of
the alternate items may be used in any given invocation. Do not type the
| character. In contexts other than syntax descriptions, the | character
stands for the UNIX pipe feature, which directs the output of one
command into another command.
{ } In a command syntax description, groups alternate items. Do not type
the braces themselves.
... In a command syntax description, indicates an element that may be
repeated. Do not type the dots themselves.