Name
option — An option for a software command
Synopsis
option ::=
(text | phrase db._phrase | replaceable
| Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
Description
An option identifies an argument to a software
command or instruction. Options may or may not be required. The
optional element can be used to explicitly identify
options that are not required.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
DocBook does not specify whether or not a symbol (such as
- or /) is generated before the
content of option, or what that symbol might be.
Generating the text may or may not be desirable, but in either case,
it is an interchange issue. See Appendix D.
See Also
computeroutput, constant, literal, markup, optional, parameter, prompt, replaceable, tag, userinput, varname
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example option</title> <para>The <option>-a</option> option on the <acronym>UNIX</acronym> <command>ls</command> command or the <option>/r</option> option on the <acronym>DOS</acronym> <command>attrib</command> command, for example. </para> </article>