HP RPG/iX Utilities Reference Manual (30318-90006)

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Conventions
NOTATION DESCRIPTION
UPPERCASE Within syntax statements, characters in uppercase must be entered in exactly the
order shown, though you can enter them in either uppercase or lowercase. For example:
SHOWJOB
Valid entries: showjob ShowJob
SHOWJOB
Invalid entries: shojwob ShoJob
SHOW_JOB
italics Within syntax statements, a word in italics represents a formal parameter or
argument that you must replace with an actual value. In the following example,
you must replace filename with the name of the file you want to release:
RELEASE filename
punctuation Within syntax statements, punctuation characters (other than brackets, braces,
vertical parallel lines, and ellipses) must be entered exactly as shown.
{ } Within syntax statements, braces enclose required elements. When several elements
within braces are stacked, you must select one. In the following example,
you must select ON or OFF:
{ON }
SETMSG {OFF}
[ ] Within syntax statements, brackets enclose optional elements. In the following example,
brackets around ,TEMP indicate that the parameter and its delimiter are optional:
PURGE {filename } [,TEMP]
When several elements with brackets are stacked, you can select any one of the elements or
none. In the following example, you can select devicename or deviceclass or neither:
SHOWDEV [devicename ]
[deviceclass ]
[...] Within syntax statements, a horizontal ellipsis enclosed in brackets indicates that you can
repeatedly select elements that appear within the immediately preceding pair of brackets
or braces. preceding pair of brackets or braces. In the following example, you can select
itemname and its delimiter zero or more times. Each instance of itemname must be
preceded by a comma:
[,itemname ][...]