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350036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Dd October 22, 2006
36afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Dt INTRO 8
373d45e180SRuslan Ermilov.Os
38afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
39afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Nm intro
400036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Nd "introduction to system maintenance procedures and commands"
41afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
42afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThis section contains information related to system operation
43afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesand maintenance.
440036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
450036760cSRuslan ErmilovIt describes commands used to create new file systems
460036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr newfs 8 ,
470036760cSRuslan Ermilovverify the integrity of the file systems
480036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr fsck 8 ,
490036760cSRuslan Ermilovcontrol disk usage
500036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr edquota 8 ,
510036760cSRuslan Ermilovmaintain system backups
520036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr dump 8 ,
530036760cSRuslan Ermilovand recover files when disks die an untimely death
540036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pq Xr restore 8 .
55568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" The
56568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" .Xr format 8
57568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" manual
58568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
59568dc1b8SRuslan Ermilov.\" consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
60afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesNetwork related services like
61bda79b63SRuslan Ermilov.Xr inetd 8
62afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesand
63bda79b63SRuslan Ermilov.Xr ftpd 8
64afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesare also described.
65a8f83879STom Rhodes.Pp
66a8f83879STom RhodesAll commands set an exit status.
67a8f83879STom RhodesIts value may be tested
68a8f83879STom Rhodesto see if the command completed normally.
69a8f83879STom RhodesUnless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
70a8f83879STom Rhodescompletion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
71a8f83879STom RhodesSome commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by using
72a8f83879STom Rhodeserror codes defined in
73a8f83879STom Rhodes.Xr sysexits 3 ,
74a8f83879STom Rhodesor set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
75a8f83879STom Rhodessuch values are not described in the manual.
760036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
770036760cSRuslan ErmilovA number of pages in this section describe general system
780036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanagement topics.
790036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Pp
800036760cSRuslan ErmilovFor example, the
810036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr boot 8
820036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page describes the system bootstrapping procedures,
830036760cSRuslan Ermilovand the
840036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr diskless 8
850036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page describes how to boot a system over a network.
860036760cSRuslan ErmilovThe
870036760cSRuslan Ermilov.Xr crash 8
880036760cSRuslan Ermilovmanual page
890036760cSRuslan Ermilovshould be consulted to understand how to interpret system
900036760cSRuslan Ermilovcrash dumps.
91afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
92afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThe
934b66483fSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
94afe61c15SRodney W. Grimessection manual page appeared in
95afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
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