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Following are examples of the typographical and graphic conventions used in this guide:
Functions, utility program names, standard names,
and classes.
Option flags
File Names, button names, and field names.
Variables.
and then shown this way.
Commands that are entered by the user are preceded in this manual by the
characters $ (dollar sign followed by space). If your system uses this
sequence as a prompt, then the commands will appear exactly as you see them
in the manual. If your system uses some other prompt, then the command will
appear with the $ replaced by whatever prompt character you are using.