Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

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Administering Platform LSF
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Typographical conventions
Command notation
Typeface Meaning Example
Courier The names of on-screen computer output, commands, files, and
directories
The lsid command
Bold Courier What you type, exactly as shown Type cd /bin
Italics
◆ Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized
◆ Command-line place holders—replace with a real name or value
The queue specified by
queue_name
Bold Sans Serif ◆ Names of GUI elements that you manipulate
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Notation Meaning Example
Quotes " or ' Must be entered exactly as shown "job_ID[index_list]"
Commas , Must be entered exactly as shown -C time0,time1
Ellipsis … The argument before the ellipsis can be repeated.
Do not enter the ellipsis.
job_ID ...
lower case italics The argument must be replaced with a real value
you provide.
job_ID
OR bar | You must enter one of the items separated by the
bar. You cannot enter more than one item, Do
not enter the bar.
[-h | -V]
Parenthesis ( ) Must be entered exactly as shown -X "exception_cond([params])::action] ...
Option or variable in
square brackets [ ]
The argument within the brackets is optional. Do
not enter the brackets.
lsid [-h]
Shell prompts
◆ C shell: %
◆ Bourne shell and Korn shell: $
◆ root account: #
Unless otherwise noted, the C shell prompt is
used in all command examples
% cd /bin