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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER ON-LINE HELP
Summary of Notation used on HELP Displays
Keywords are given in capital letters, but may be entered in either case.
Words in lower case must be supplied, as in filename.
Items in square brackets ([]) are optional. Do not enter the brackets.
Items separated by a ! means that you enter one or the other, but not both.
An ellipsis (...) means that the preceeding item may be repeated.
Punctuation other than [] and ! must be included as shown.
d: denotes a drive, either fixed or floppy.
path denotes a sequence of directory names up to 63 characters long.
filename denotes a disk file name of 1-8 characters.
.ext denotes an optional file name extension of 1-3 characters.
filespec denotes a file name of the form filename.ext
The global filename characters are ? and * :
? indicates that any character can occupy that position.
* indicates that any character can occupy that position and all remaining
positions in the filename or extension.