
arguments are alphabetized, with single letter arguments first, and options with
arguments next, unless a different argument order is required.
The following special characters are used in this section:
[] The option or argument enclosed in these brackets is optional. If the
brackets are omitted, the argument must be specified.
... Ellipses. Several values may be provided for the previous argument, or
the previous argument can be specified multiple times, for example,
‘filename ...’.
| Separator. Only one of the arguments separated by this character can
be specified at time.
{} Braces. The options and/or arguments enclosed within braces are
interdependent, such that everything enclosed must be treated as a
unit.
PROTOCOL
This section occurs only in subsection 3R to indicate the protocol description
file. The protocol specification pathname is always listed in bold font.
AVAILABILITY
This section briefly states any limitations on the availabilty of the command.
These limitations could be hardware or software specific.
A specification of a class of hardware platform, such as x86 or SPARC, denotes
that the command or interface is applicable for the hardware platform specified.
In Section 1 and Section 1M, AVAILABILITY indicates which package contains
the command being described on the manual page. In order to use the
command, the specified package must have been installed with the operating
system. If the package was not installed, see pkgadd(1) for information on how
to upgrade.
MT-LEVEL
This section lists the MT-LEVEL of the library functions described in the
Section 3 manual pages. The MT-LEVEL defines the libraries’ ability to support
threads. See Intro(3) for more information.
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