IBM General Parallel File System for AIX: Administration and Programming Reference

Typography and terminology

This book uses the following typographical conventions:

Convention	Usage
Bold	Bold words or characters represent system elements that you must use literally, such as commands, subcommands, flags, path names, directories, file names, values, and selected menu options.
Bold Underlined	Bold Underlined keywords are defaults. These take effect if you fail to specify a different keyword.
Italic	Italic words or characters represent variable values that you must supply Italics are used for book titles Italics are used for general emphasis
Monospace	All of the following are displayed in monospace type: Displayed information Message text Example text Specified text typed by the user Field names as displayed on the screen Prompts from the system References to example text
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional items in format and syntax descriptions.
{ }	Braces enclose a list from which you must choose an item in format and syntax descriptions.
< >	Angle brackets (less-than and greater-than) enclose the name of a key on the keyboard. For example, <Enter> refers to the key on your terminal or workstation that is labeled with the word Enter.
...	An ellipsis indicates that you can repeat the preceding item one or more times.
<Ctrl-x>	The notation <Ctrl-x> indicates a control character sequence. For example, <Ctrl-c> means that you hold down the control key while pressing <c>.