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35.Dd August 5, 1991
36.Dt INTRO 8
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm intro
40.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This section contains information related to system operation
43and maintenance.
44It describes commands used to create new file systems,
45.Ql Xr newfs ,
46verify the integrity of the file systems,
47.Ql Xr fsck ,
48control disk usage,
49.Ql Xr edquota ,
50maintain system backups,
51.Ql Xr dump ,
52and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
53.Ql Xr restore .
54The manual
55.Ql Xr format
56should be consulted when formatting disk packs respective
57to the architecture the system is running on.
58Network related services like
59.Ql Xr inetd
60and
61.Ql Xr ftpd
62are also described.
63The section
64.Ql Xr crash
65should be consulted in understanding how to interpret system
66crash dumps.
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm intro
70section manual page appeared in
71.Bx 4.2 .
72