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34.\"
35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt INTRO 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm intro
40.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This section contains information related to system operation
43and maintenance.
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35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt INTRO 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm intro
40.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This section contains information related to system operation
43and maintenance.
|
44It describes commands used to create new filesystems,
| 44It describes commands used to create new file systems,
|
45.Xr newfs 8 ,
| 45.Xr newfs 8 ,
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46verify the integrity of the filesystems,
| 46verify the integrity of the file systems,
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47.Xr fsck 8 ,
48control disk usage,
49.Xr edquota 8 ,
50maintain system backups,
51.Xr dump 8 ,
52and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
53.Xr restore 8 .
54The
55.Xr format 8
56manual
57for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
58consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
59Network related services like
60.Xr inetd 8
61and
62.Xr ftpd 8
63are also described.
64The
65.Xr crash 8
66manual page
67should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
68crash dumps.
69.Pp
70All commands set an exit status.
71Its value may be tested
72to see if the command completed normally.
73Unless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
74completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
75Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
76error codes defined in
77.Xr sysexits 3 ,
78or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
79such values are not described in the manual.
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83section manual page appeared in
84.Bx 4.2 .
| 47.Xr fsck 8 ,
48control disk usage,
49.Xr edquota 8 ,
50maintain system backups,
51.Xr dump 8 ,
52and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
53.Xr restore 8 .
54The
55.Xr format 8
56manual
57for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
58consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
59Network related services like
60.Xr inetd 8
61and
62.Xr ftpd 8
63are also described.
64The
65.Xr crash 8
66manual page
67should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
68crash dumps.
69.Pp
70All commands set an exit status.
71Its value may be tested
72to see if the command completed normally.
73Unless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
74completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
75Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
76error codes defined in
77.Xr sysexits 3 ,
78or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
79such values are not described in the manual.
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83section manual page appeared in
84.Bx 4.2 .
|