Installation guide

Notation Conventions

xiv Fault Tolerant System Administration (R1004H) HP-UX version 11.00.03

■ The following font conventions apply both to general text and to text in

displays:

– Monospace represents text that would appear on your screen (such as

commands and system responses, functions, code fragments, file names,

directories, prompt signs, messages). For example,

Broadcast Message from ...

– Monospace bold represents user input in screen displays. For example,

ls -a

– Monospace italic represents variables in commands for which the

user must supply an actual value. For example,

cp filename1 filename2

It also represents variables in prompts and error messages for which the

system supplies actual values. For example,

cannot create temp filename filename

■ Italic emphasizes words in text. For example,

…does not support…

It is also used for book titles. For example,

HP-UX Operating System: Fault Tolerant System Administration (R1004H)

■ Bold introduces or defines new terms. For example,

An object manager is an OSNM process that …

■ The notation <Ctrl> – <char> indicates a control–character sequence. To type a

control character, hold down the control key (usually labeled

<Ctrl>) while you

type the character specified by

<char>. For example, <Ctrl> – <c> means hold down the

<Ctrl> key while pressing the <c> key; the letter c does not appear on the screen.

■ Angle brackets (< >) enclose input that does not appear on the screen when

you type it, such as passwords. For example,

■ Brackets ([ ]) enclose optional command arguments. For example,

cflow [–r] [–ix] [–i_] [–d num] files

■ The vertical bar (|) separates mutually exclusive arguments from which you

choose one. For example,

command [arg1 | arg2]