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.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt INTRO 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm intro
.Nd "introduction to system maintenance and operation commands"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The manual pages in section 8 contain information related to
system operation and maintenance.
They describe commands used to create new file systems,
.Ql Xr newfs ,
verify the integrity of the file systems,
.Ql Xr fsck ,
control disk usage,
.Ql Xr edquota ,
maintain system backups,
.Ql Xr dump ,
and recover files when disks die an untimely death,
.Ql Xr restore .
The
.Ql Xr format
manual
for the specific architecture the system is running on should be
consulted when formatting disks and tapes.
Network related services like
.Ql Xr inetd
and
.Ql Xr ftpd
are also described.
The section
.Ql Xr crash
should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
crash dumps.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm intro
section manual page appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .