Typographic Conventions

This documentation set uses the following typographic conventions:

• [Optional_Argument]

  The square brackets, [], indicate an optional argument.

• <Variable>

  The angle brackets, <>, indicate a variable. Replace <Variable> with an actual value.

• x|y|z

  The vertical bar, |, indicates that only 1 of the options can be selected.

• \

  The backslash, \, indicates that the new line followed is a continuance of a long statement. For example, the following 2 command line statements are equivalent:

  • With backslash:

    $ tar -zxvf \
    repo.tar.gz
    

  • Without backslash:

    $ tar -zxvf repo.tar.gz