Main path line |
>>><>() () () |
>>Begins on the left with double arrowheads
>< and ends on the right with two arrowheads facing each other. If a diagram is longer than one line, each line to be continued
ends with a single> arrowhead and the next line begins with a single
arrowhead. Read the diagrams from lefttoright, toptobottom, following
the main path line. |
Keyword |

>>-esscli------------------------------------------------------><
|
Represents the name of a command, flag, parameter,
or argument. A keyword is not in italics. Spell a keyword exactly
as it is shown in the syntax diagram. |
Required keywords |

>>-+-a--AccessFile-+------------------------------------------><
+-u--Userid-----+
'-p--Password---'
|
Indicate the parameters or arguments that you
must specify for the command. Required keywords appear on the main
path line. Required keywords that cannot be used together are
stacked vertically. |
Optional keywords |

>>-+--------+--------------------------------------------------><
+-h-----+
+- -help-+
'-?-----'
|
Indicate the parameters or arguments that you
can choose to specify for the command. Optional keywords appear below
the main path line. Mutually exclusive optional keywords are stacked
vertically. |
Default value |

.-FCP---.
>>-protocol--=--+-FICON-+--------------------------------------><
|
Appears above the main path line. |
Repeatable keyword or value |

>>-newports--=--+-ALL-----------------+------------------------><
'-PortId1,PortId2,...-'
|
Represents a parameter or argument that you
can specify more than once. A repeatable keyword or value is represented
by an arrow returning to the left above the keyword or value. |
Variable |

>>-AccessFile--------------------------------------------------><
|
Represents the value that you need to supply
for a parameter or argument, such as a file name, user name, or password.
Variables are in italics. |
Space separator |

>>-u-- --Userid-- --p-- --Password----------------------------><
|
Adds a blank space on the main path line to
separate keywords, parameters, arguments, or variables from each other. |
Quotation mark delimiters |

>>-d-- --"--ess--=--EssId--host--=--'Host Name'-- --profile---->
>--=--ProfileName--"-------------------------------------------><
|
Indicates the start and end of a parameter or
argument that contains multiple values. Enclose one or more namevalue
pairs in a set of double quotation marks for a particular parameter
or argument. If the value of a parameter or namevalue pair contains
a blank or white space, enclose the entire value in a set of single
quotation marks. |
Equalsign operator |

>>-"--ess--=--EssId-- --profile--=--ProfileName--"-------------><
|
Separates a name from its value in a namevalue
pair. |
Syntax fragment |

>>-Fragment Name-----------------------------------------------><
Fragment name
|--(--fragment details--)---------------------------------------|
|
Breaks up syntax diagrams that are too long,
too complex, or repetitious. The fragment name is inserted in the
main diagram, and the actual fragment is shown below the main diagram. |