Conventions used in this guide

Information is given about the conventions that are used in this publication.

This publication uses several conventions for special terms and actions, and for operating system-dependent commands and paths.
The following typeface conventions are used in this publication:
Bold
  • Flags that display with text
  • Graphical user interface (GUI) elements (except for titles of windows and dialogs)
  • Names of keys
Italic
  • Variables
  • Values that you must provide
  • New terms
  • Words and phrases that are emphasized
  • Titles of documents
monospace
  • Commands and command options
  • Flags that display on a separate line
  • Code examples and output
  • Message text
  • Names of files and directories
  • Text strings that you must type, when they display within text
  • Names of Oracle Java™ methods and classes
  • HTML and XML tags that display like this, in monospace type
For syntax notations, remember the following details.
  • In AIX®, the prompt for the root user is #.
  • In AIX and Linux®, the commands are case-sensitive, so you must type commands exactly as they are shown.