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3361f28255Scgd.Dt INTRO 8
3439b11db8Sgarbled.Os
3561f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
3661f28255Scgd.Nm intro
371c02be37Swiz.Nd introduction to system maintenance procedures and commands
3861f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
3961f28255ScgdThis section contains information related to system operation
4061f28255Scgdand maintenance.
415bb2bd7cSperry.Pp
421c02be37SwizIt describes commands used to create new file systems
431c02be37Swiz.Pq Xr newfs 8 ,
441c02be37Swizverify the integrity of the file systems
451c02be37Swiz.Pq Xr fsck 8 ,
461c02be37Swizcontrol disk usage
471c02be37Swiz.Pq Xr edquota 8 ,
481c02be37Swizmaintain system backups
491c02be37Swiz.Pq Xr dump 8 ,
501c02be37Swizand recover files when disks die an untimely death
511c02be37Swiz.Pq Xr restore 8 .
5261f28255ScgdNetwork related services like
531c02be37Swiz.Xr inetd 8
5461f28255Scgdand
551c02be37Swiz.Xr ftpd 8
5661f28255Scgdare also described.
575bb2bd7cSperry.Pp
585bb2bd7cSperryA number of pages in this section describe general system management
595bb2bd7cSperrytopics. For example, the
601c02be37Swiz.Xr diskless 8
615bb2bd7cSperrypage describes how to boot a system over a network, and the
621c02be37Swiz.Xr compat_linux 8
635bb2bd7cSperrypage describes how to run Linux binaries on
645bb2bd7cSperry.Nx
655bb2bd7cSperryarchitectures that support it.
6661f28255Scgd.Sh HISTORY
6761f28255ScgdThe
6861f28255Scgd.Nm intro
6961f28255Scgdsection manual page appeared in
7061f28255Scgd.Bx 4.2 .
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