Conventions Used in This Guide

Helvetica Bold

Hardware labels

Italics

Executable names, filenames, IRIX commands, manual/book titles, new terms, program variables, tools, utilities, variable command-line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements

Fixed-width type

Error messages, prompts, and onscreen text

Bold fixed-width type

User input, including keyboard keys (printing and nonprinting); literals supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements (see also <>)

""

(Double quotation marks) References in text to document section titles

()

(Parentheses) Following IRIX commands--surround reference page (man page) section number

[]

(Brackets) Surrounding optional syntax statement arguments

<>

(Angle brackets) Surrounding nonprinting keyboard keys, for example, <Esc>, <Ctrl-D>

#

IRIX shell prompt for the superuser (root)

%

IRIX shell prompt for users other than superuser