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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.




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