IBM Professional Series User Manual

Operands and options are specified in the same manner.
Where truncation
is permitted, the shortest acceptable
version of the operand or option is represented by
uppercase letters in the command format box.
If no
minimum truncation is noted, the entire word
(represented by all uppercase letters) must be entered.
Abbreviations are shorter forms of command operands
and options
.. Abbreviations for operands and options are
shown in the description of the individual operands and
options that follow the format box.
For example, the
abbreviation for
MEMBER in the PRINT command is
MEM. Only these two forms are valid and no
truncations are allowed. The format box contains
MEMBER {n~me ~
and the description that follows the format box is
MEMBER (name)
MEM (*)
• The following symbols are used to define the command
format and should never be typed when the actual
command
is entered.
underscore
braces { }
brackets [ ]
ell ips i s
• Uppercase letters and words, and the following symbols,
should be entered as specified in the format box.
asterisk
comma
hyphen
equal sign
parentheses
period
colon
*
( )
Chapter 7. VM/PC Commands 7-3

IBM Professional Series Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	Professional Series
Category	Software
Language	English