Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.25+, H06.03+)

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Notation Conventions
Copyright (c) 1989 Mark H. Colburn.
All rights reserved.
The pax utility, distributed to HP free of charge, is used to support the tar, cpio, and
pax user interfaces furnished with the OSS environment and is documented in this
guide and the Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual.
Notation Conventions
The subsections that follow describe:
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Hypertext Links
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General Syntax Notation
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The notation used in message descriptions
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The notation used to indicate changes within this guide
Hypertext Links
Blue underline is used to indicate a hypertext link within text. By clicking a passage of
text with a blue underline, you are taken to the location described. For example:
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This is a hyperlink to Notation for Messages on page xxii.
General Syntax Notation
The following list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this
manual.
UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words; enter
these items exactly as shown. Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For
example:
MAXATTACH
lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items that you supply.
Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:
file-name
computer type. Computer type letters within text indicate C and Open System Services
(OSS) keywords and reserved words; enter these items exactly as shown. Items not
enclosed in brackets are required. For example:
myfile.c
italic computer type. Italic computer type letters within text indicate C and Open
System Services (OSS) variable items that you supply. Items not enclosed in brackets
are required. For example:
pathname