Notational conventions

The following means of representation are used in this manual:

• References to other publications are specified in the form of abbreviated titles in the text. The full title of each publication, to which reference is made by a number enclosed in square brackets, is shown under “Related publications” alongside the relevant number.

• In the examples, user inputs and system outputs ar shown in fixed-pitch typeface.

• Special notes on the metalanguage or symbols used only for one SECOS component are provided at the beginning of the related chapter of the manual.

• The metasyntax for SDF commands and statements and the means of representation of command return codes and S variables and macros are explained in the “Commands” manual [4].

• The metasyntax for macros is explained in the “Executive Macros” manual [16].

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