User`s guide

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About This Manual
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this publication:
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Convention Meaning
command This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files,
routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language
structures.
variable Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being
defined.
user input This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in
interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.)
[] Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.
... Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
manpage(x) Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page
names.
GUI element This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements
such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons,
buttons, boxes, fields, and lists.