October 1, 1979 FRESS COMMANDS PARAMETER SPECIFICATION
9.6 PARAMETER SPECIFICATION ___________________________
Most commands take one or more parameters which are enclosed by
syntactic brackets ("<" and ">") in the command description.
NOTES _____
• Parameters must be specified in the order listed, separated by
a Key delimiter, that is, the first character after the command
name (blank, "/", etc.).
• Parameters are assigned left to right, unless explicitly left
null (two consecutive delimiters). All required parameters are
assigned values before any optional parameters.
too few • If ________ input values are specified, an error message is
typed.
too many input • It is impossible to specify _______________ values. After all
required and optional parameters have been assigned, the
remaining text on the command line is taken as part of the last
parameter.
• Optional parameters are those followed in the command
default specification by the symbol "°". A _______, if specified (by
underscores), will be used if an optional parameter is not
specified.
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9.6 PARAMETER SPECIFICATION ___________________________
Most commands take one or more parameters which are enclosed by
syntactic brackets ("<" and ">") in the command description.
NOTES _____
• Parameters must be specified in the order listed, separated by
a Key delimiter, that is, the first character after the command
name (blank, "/", etc.).
• Parameters are assigned left to right, unless explicitly left
null (two consecutive delimiters). All required parameters are
assigned values before any optional parameters.
too few • If ________ input values are specified, an error message is
typed.
too many input • It is impossible to specify _______________ values. After all
required and optional parameters have been assigned, the
remaining text on the command line is taken as part of the last
parameter.
• Optional parameters are those followed in the command
default specification by the symbol "°". A _______, if specified (by
underscores), will be used if an optional parameter is not
specified.
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