INTRO(1M) DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5) INTRO(1M)
NAME
intro - introduction to system maintenance commands and
application programs
DESCRIPTION
This section describes, in alphabetical order, commands that
are used chiefly for system maintenance and administration
purposes. The commands in this section should be used along
with those listed in the DOMAIN/IX Command Reference Manual.
USAGE
Unless otherwise noted, commands described in this section
accept options and other arguments according to the follow-
ing syntax:
name [option(s)] [cmdarg(s)]
where:
name The name of an executable file.
option - noargletter(s) or,
- argletter<>optarg
where <> is optional white space.
noargletter A single letter representing an option without
an argument.
argletter A single letter representing an option requir-
ing an argument.
optarg Argument (character string) satisfying preced-
ing argletter.
cmdarg Pathname (or other command argument) not begin-
ning with - or, - by itself indicating the
standard input.
DIAGNOSTICS
Upon termination, each command returns two bytes of status,
one supplied by the system and giving the cause for termina-
tion, and (in the case of ``normal'' termination) one sup-
plied by the program (see wait(2) and exit(2)). The former
byte is zero for normal termination; the latter is cus-
tomarily zero for successful execution and non-zero to indi-
cate troubles such as erroneous parameters, bad or inacces-
sible data, or other inability to cope with the task at
hand. It is called variously ``exit code'', ``exit
status'', or ``return code'', and is described only where
special conventions are involved.
RELATED INFORMATION
getopt(1), getopt(3C)
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