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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-21 20:35:49 +0000
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Make it clear that section 8 also documents system management
procedures, not necessarily commands. PR: docs/35011 Obtained from: NetBSD (partly)
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@@ -32,25 +32,26 @@
.\" @(#)intro.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dd October 22, 2006
.Dt INTRO 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm intro
-.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
+.Nd "introduction to system maintenance procedures and commands"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This section contains information related to system operation
and maintenance.
-It describes commands used to create new file systems,
-.Xr newfs 8 ,
-verify the integrity of the file systems,
-.Xr fsck 8 ,
-control disk usage,
-.Xr edquota 8 ,
-maintain system backups,
-.Xr dump 8 ,
-and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
-.Xr restore 8 .
+.Pp
+It describes commands used to create new file systems
+.Pq Xr newfs 8 ,
+verify the integrity of the file systems
+.Pq Xr fsck 8 ,
+control disk usage
+.Pq Xr edquota 8 ,
+maintain system backups
+.Pq Xr dump 8 ,
+and recover files when disks die an untimely death
+.Pq Xr restore 8 .
.\" The
.\" .Xr format 8
.\" manual
@@ -61,11 +62,6 @@ Network related services like
and
.Xr ftpd 8
are also described.
-The
-.Xr crash 8
-manual page
-should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
-crash dumps.
.Pp
All commands set an exit status.
Its value may be tested
@@ -77,6 +73,21 @@ error codes defined in
.Xr sysexits 3 ,
or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
such values are not described in the manual.
+.Pp
+A number of pages in this section describe general system
+management topics.
+.Pp
+For example, the
+.Xr boot 8
+manual page describes the system bootstrapping procedures,
+and the
+.Xr diskless 8
+manual page describes how to boot a system over a network.
+The
+.Xr crash 8
+manual page
+should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
+crash dumps.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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