Systems Inventory Manager Data Structures

5
Conventions
We use the following typographical conventions.
audit (5) An HP-UX manpage. audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On the
web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to the manpage itself. From the
HP-UX command line, enter “man audit” or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man
(1).
Book Title The title of a book. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a hot link to
the book itself.
Emphasis Text that is emphasized.
Emphasis Text that is strongly emphasized.
ComputerOut Text displayed by the computer.
Command A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer Computer font indicates literal items displayed by the computer. For example: file not
found
Filename Text that shows a filename and/or filepath.
UserInput Commands and other text that you type.
Variable The name of a variable that you may replace in a command or function or information in a
display that represents several possible values.
[] The contents are optional in formats and command descriptions.
{} The contents are required in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list
separated by |, you must choose one of the items
. . . The preceding element may be repeated an arbitrary number of times.
| Separates items in a list of choices.