All GT.M and GDE commands and qualifiers may be entered in either upper or lower case at the command prompt. However, when you SHOW your current Global Directory, note that GDE abides by the following case conventions:
Region and segment names always display in uppercase
Name space object name-always appears in case in which it was entered.
File-name-always appears in case in which it was entered.
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The .dat extension is appended to the file-name when the database file is created, but never appears in the Global Directory listing, unless you entered it that way. |
The descriptions of these commands and qualifiers appear in various cases and fonts throughout this documentation. This section describes the conventions used in describing these commands and qualifiers.
In text: all GT.M commands and qualifiers appear in uppercase.
In examples: the entire command line is shown in lower case, and appears in bold typewriter font.