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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 file systems,
1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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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 file systems,
45.Ql Xr newfs ,
45.Xr newfs 8 ,
46verify the integrity of the file systems,
46verify the integrity of the file systems,
47.Ql Xr fsck ,
47.Xr fsck 8 ,
48control disk usage,
48control disk usage,
49.Ql Xr edquota ,
49.Xr edquota 8 ,
50maintain system backups,
50maintain system backups,
51.Ql Xr dump ,
51.Xr dump 8 ,
52and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
52and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
53.Ql Xr restore .
53.Xr restore 8 .
54The
54The
55.Ql Xr format
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
56manual
57for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
58consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
59Network related services like
60.Ql Xr inetd
60.Xr inetd 8
61and
61and
62.Ql Xr ftpd
62.Xr ftpd 8
63are also described.
64The section
63are also described.
64The section
65.Ql Xr crash
65.Xr crash 8
66should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
67crash dumps.
68.Pp
69All commands set an exit status.
70Its value may be tested
71to see if the command completed normally.
72Unless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
73completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
74Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
75error codes defined in
76.Xr sysexits 3 ,
77or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
78such values are not described in the manual.
79.Sh HISTORY
80The
81.Nm
82section manual page appeared in
83.Bx 4.2 .
66should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
67crash dumps.
68.Pp
69All commands set an exit status.
70Its value may be tested
71to see if the command completed normally.
72Unless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
73completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
74Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
75error codes defined in
76.Xr sysexits 3 ,
77or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
78such values are not described in the manual.
79.Sh HISTORY
80The
81.Nm
82section manual page appeared in
83.Bx 4.2 .