VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2002)

Chapter 1
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes
Conventions
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Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this guide.
NOTE “Dynamic Disk Groups" were formerly known as "Disk Groups." They are still sometimes
referred to as "Disk Groups" in documentation, menu displays, and the CLI.
Table 1-1
Typeface Usage Examples
monospace Computer output, file contents,
files, directories, software
elements such as command
options, function names, and
parameters
Read tunablesfrom the /etc/vx/tunefstab
file.
See the ls (1) manual page for more
information.
italic New terms, book titles, emphasis,
variables to be replaced by a name
or value
See the User’s Guide for details.
The variable ncsize determines the value
of...
monospace
(bold)
User input; the “#” symbol
indicates a command prompt
# mount -F vxfs /h/filesys
monospace
(bold and italic)
Variables to be replaced by a name
or value in user input
# mount -F fstype mount_point
Symbol Usage Examples
% C shell prompt
$ Bourne/Korn/Bash shell prompt
# Superuser prompt (all shells)
\ Continued input on the following
line
# mount -F vxfs \
/h/filesys
[] In a command synopsis, brackets
indicates an optional argument
ls [ -a ]
| In a command synopsis, a vertical
bar separates mutually exclusive
arguments
mount [suid | nosuid ]