Typographical conventions

This publication presents commands, filenames, keystrokes, and other special elements in these typefaces:

Example . . . . . . . . Used for:

lp or lp(1)

commands, device drivers, programs, and utilities (names, icons, or windows); the letter in parentheses indicates the reference manual section in which the command, driver, program, or utility is documented

/new/client.list

files, directories, and desktops (names, icons, or windows)

root

system, network, or user names

filename

placeholders (replace with appropriate name or value)

<Esc>

keyboard keys

Exit program?

system output (prompts, messages)

yes or yes

user input

``Description''

field names or column headings (on screen or in database)

Cancel

button names

Edit

menu names

Copy

menu items

File Find Text

sequences of menus and menu items

open or open(2)

library routines, system calls, kernel functions, C keywords; the letter in parentheses indicates the reference manual section in which the file is documented

$HOME

environment or shell variables

SIGHUP

named constants or signals

``adm3a''

data values

employees

database names

orders

database tables

buf

C program structures

b_b.errno

structure members