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Fixups in content and markup for 7.0 release.

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Thomas G. Lockhart
2000-05-02 20:02:03 +00:00
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml,v 1.9 2000/04/07 13:30:58 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/notation.sgml,v 1.10 2000/05/02 20:01:52 thomas Exp $
-->
<sect1 id="terminology">
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<title>Notation</title>
<para>
<quote>...</quote> or <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/</filename>
"<literal>...</literal>" or <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/</filename>
at the front of a file name is used to represent the
path to the <Productname>Postgres</Productname> superuser's home directory.
</para>
<para>
In a command synopsis, brackets
(<quote>[</quote> and <quote>]</quote>) indicate an optional phrase or keyword.
("<literal>[</literal>" and "<literal>]</literal>") indicate an optional phrase or keyword.
Anything in braces
(<quote>{</quote> and <quote>}</quote>) and containing vertical bars
(<quote>|</quote>)
("<literal>{</literal>" and "<literal>}</literal>") and containing vertical bars
("<literal>|</literal>")
indicates that you must choose one.
</para>
<para>
In examples, parentheses (<quote>(</quote> and <quote>)</quote>) are
In examples, parentheses ("<literal>(</literal>" and "<literal>)</literal>") are
used to group boolean
expressions. <quote>|</quote> is the boolean operator OR.
expressions. "<literal>|</literal>" is the boolean operator OR.
</para>
<para>
Examples will show commands executed from various accounts and programs.
Commands executed from the root account will be preceeded with
<quote>&gt;</quote>.
"<literal>&gt;</literal>".
Commands executed from the <Productname>Postgres</Productname>
superuser account will be preceeded with <quote>%</quote>, while commands
superuser account will be preceeded with "<literal>%</literal>", while commands
executed from an unprivileged user's account will be preceeded with
<quote>$</quote>.
<acronym>SQL</acronym> commands will be preceeded with <quote>=&gt;</quote>
"<literal>$</literal>".
<acronym>SQL</acronym> commands will be preceeded with "<literal>=&gt;</literal>"
or will have no leading prompt, depending on the context.
</para>