Typographic Conventions - HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket Administrator's Manual

Table 12 Documentation and its location
Documents
HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator User
Guide
HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator
Command Line Interface User Guide
Virtual Partition documentation
HP-UX System documentation
Partition commands
Partition Management Techniques for HP
Superdome 2

Typographic conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%, $, or #
audit(5)
Command
Computer output
Ctrl+x
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
ERROR NAME
Key
Term
User input
Variable
[]
{}
...
|
WARNING
CAUTION
Website
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Product.jsp?
lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodCatId=321933
www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-clickable-manpages
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/ErrorPages/us/en/Error404.html
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign
represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX
shells. A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in
Section 5.
A command name or qualified command phrase.
Text displayed by the computer.
A key sequence. A sequence such as Ctrl+x indicates that you
must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key
or mouse button.
The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
The name of an error, usually returned in the errno variable.
The name of a keyboard key. Return and Enter both refer to the
same key.
The defined use of an important word or phrase.
Commands and other text that you type.
The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other
syntax display that you replace with an actual value.
The contents are optional in syntax. If the contents are a list
separated by |, you must choose one of the items.
The contents are required in syntax. If the contents are a list
separated by |, you must choose one of the items.
The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of
times.
Indicates the continuation of a code example.
Separates items in a list of choices.
A warning calls attention to important information that if not
understood or followed will result in personal injury or
nonrecoverable system problems.
A caution calls attention to important information that if not
understood or followed will result in data loss, data corruption,
or damage to hardware or software.
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