Notational Conventions

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Notational Conventions

 

Various fonts, type styles, and notations are used throughout this help file to make it more understandable. Below is a list of type examples with explanations of their purpose in this file.

 

OPCODEUpper case Courier font is used for Robo-FTP script commands in examples throughout this help document; script command opcodes may be upper or lower case in actual use

 

(Esc)Bolded and inside (..) are references to named keys on the keyboard

 

variableBolded text within paragraph bodies refer to Robo-FTP command variables or is also used to indicate a file name

 

/optionBolded text within paragraph bodies preceded by a / refer to Robo-FTP command options

 

[ text ]Text inside brackets [ .. ] refers to script command arguments or variables in syntax descriptions

 

=nn, or nnItalicized ns refer to numeric values

 

="xxx"Italicized xs in quotation marks refer to string values

 

[ .. ] | [ .. ]The vertical bar reads as or meaning either one or the other or both of the [ .. ] items may be present