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37.Dd December 11, 1993
38.Dt INTRO 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm intro
42.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The manual pages in section 8 contain information related to
45system operation and maintenance.
46It describes commands used to create new file systems,
47.Ql Xr newfs ,
48verify the integrity of the file systems,
49.Ql Xr fsck ,
50control disk usage,
51.Ql Xr edquota ,
52maintain system backups,
53.Ql Xr dump ,
54and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
55.Ql Xr restore .
56The
57.Ql Xr format
58manual
59for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
60consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
61Network related services like
62.Ql Xr inetd
63and
64.Ql Xr ftpd
65are also described.
66The section
67.Ql Xr crash
68should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
69crash dumps.
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Nm intro
73section manual page appeared in
74.Bx 4.2 .
75