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Conventions

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Computer output, files, directories, software elements such as command options, function names, and parameters

Read tunables from the /etc/vx/tunefstab file.

See the vxtunefs(1M) manual page for more information.

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User input

# mount -F vxfs /h/filesys

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New terms, book titles, emphasis, variables replaced with a name or value

See the User's Guide for details.

The variable vxfs_ninode determines the value of...

Symbol Usage Examples

%

C shell prompt

$

Bourne/Korn/Bash shell prompt

#

Superuser prompt (all shells)

\

Continued input on the following line; you do not type this character

# mount -F vxfs \
 /h/filesys

[  ]

In a command synopsis, brackets indicates an optional argument

ls [ -a ] 

|

In a command synopsis, a vertical bar separates mutually exclusive arguments

mount suid | nosuid ]

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