INTRO(1M)                            SysV                            INTRO(1M)



NAME
     intro - introduction to maintenance commands and application programs

DESCRIPTION
     This section describes, in alphabetical order, commands that are used
     chiefly for system maintenance and administration purposes.  The commands
     in this section should be used along with those listed in the Using Your
     SysV Environment and the SysV Programmer's Reference.  References of the
     form name(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) refer to entries in the above
     manuals.  References of the form name(1M), name(7) or name(8) refer to
     entries in this manual.

COMMAND SYNTAX
     Unless otherwise noted, commands described in this section accept options
     and other arguments according to the following syntax:

     name [option(s)] [cmdarg(s)]
     where:

     name         Is the name of an executable file

     option       - noargletter(s) or,
                  - argletter<>optarg
                  where <> is optional white space

     noargletter  Is a single letter representing an option without an
                  argument

     argletter    Is a single letter representing an option requiring an
                  argument

     optarg       Is an argument (character string) satisfying preceding
                  argletter

     cmdarg       Pathname (or other command argument) not beginning with -
                  or, - by itself indicating the standard input

CAUTION
     Not all commands follow the above syntax.

DIAGNOSTICS
     On termination, each command returns two bytes of status, one supplied by
     the system and giving the cause for termination, and (in the case of
     "normal" termination) one supplied by the program (see wait(2) and
     exit(2)).  The former byte is 0 for normal termination; the latter is
     customarily 0 for successful execution and nonzero to indicate troubles
     such as erroneous parameters, bad or inaccessible data.  It can be called
     "exit code", "exit status", or "return code", and is described only where
     special conventions are involved.

SEE ALSO
     getopt(1) getopt(3C)