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280036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Dd October 22, 2006
29afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Dt INTRO 8
303d45e180SRuslan Ermilov.Os
31afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
32afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Nm intro
330036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Nd "introduction to system maintenance procedures and commands"
34afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
35afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThis section contains information related to system operation
36afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesand maintenance.
370036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
380036760cSRuslan ErmilovIt describes commands used to create new file systems
390036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr newfs 8 ,
400036760cSRuslan Ermilovverify the integrity of the file systems
410036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr fsck 8 ,
420036760cSRuslan Ermilovcontrol disk usage
430036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr edquota 8 ,
440036760cSRuslan Ermilovmaintain system backups
450036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr dump 8 ,
460036760cSRuslan Ermilovand recover files when disks die an untimely death
470036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr restore 8 .
48568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" The
49568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" .Xr format 8
50568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" manual
51568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
52568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
53afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesNetwork related services like
54bda79b63SRuslan Ermilov.Xr inetd 8
55afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesand
56bda79b63SRuslan Ermilov.Xr ftpd 8
57afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesare also described.
58a8f83879STom Rhodes.Pp
59a8f83879STom RhodesAll commands set an exit status.
60a8f83879STom RhodesIts value may be tested
61a8f83879STom Rhodesto see if the command completed normally.
62a8f83879STom RhodesUnless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
63a8f83879STom Rhodescompletion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
64a8f83879STom RhodesSome commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
65a8f83879STom Rhodeserror codes defined in
66a8f83879STom Rhodes.Xr sysexits 3 ,
67a8f83879STom Rhodesor set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
68a8f83879STom Rhodessuch values are not described in the manual.
690036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
700036760cSRuslan ErmilovA number of pages in this section describe general system
710036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanagement topics.
720036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
730036760cSRuslan ErmilovFor example, the
740036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr boot 8
750036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page describes the system bootstrapping procedures,
760036760cSRuslan Ermilovand the
770036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr diskless 8
780036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page describes how to boot a system over a network.
790036760cSRuslan ErmilovThe
800036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr crash 8
810036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page
820036760cSRuslan Ermilovshould be consulted to understand how to interpret system
830036760cSRuslan Ermilovcrash dumps.
84afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
85afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThe
864b66483fSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
87afe61c15SRodney W. Grimessection manual page appeared in
88afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
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