This section describes the common syntax that can be used. Any variations will be detailed in the appropriate section:

Quoted strings can be continued onto the next line by coding two adjacent string tokens. For example, the

COMMENT

= keyword is another way of defining a comment inside the definition files. If a

COMMENT

field is very long, it could be specified like this:

Some definitions will require the specification of a character such as a filler character. It will be denoted as

<char>

in the following text. The Definition Language permits a

<char>

to be specified in a number of ways:

c

a printable character

"c"

the character embedded in double quotes (")

numeric(dd)

the decimal value

dd

of the character in the collating sequence

numeric(x’hh’)

the hexadecimal value (

hh

) of the character in the collating sequence

Numeric data in the

System

section be suffixed by an optional modifier to help specify large numbers.

k

units of 1000 (one thousand)

m

units of 1000000 (one million)

g

units of 1000000000 (one billion)

k2

units of 1024 (base 2 numbers)

m2

units of 1048576

g2

units of 1073741824

The System Definition File contains multiple definitions, each identified by a heading. The statements that follow each definition heading take the form,

<field> = <value>