intro(1)                                                           intro(1)

NAME
     intro - introduction to the intro manpages

DESCRIPTION
     With SINIX V5.42, the names of the various intro manpages were changed
     in order to make them more logical. Up to SINIX V5.41, the call

          man intro

     displayed 10 different intro manpages from three different manuals to
     the user. There was an intro manpage from the former "User's Reference
     Manual" (URM), that is now called "Commands. User's Reference Manual".
     There were also intro manpages for individual chapters of the "Pro-
     grammer's Reference Manual" (PRM), and of the "System Administrator's
     Reference Manual" (SARM).

     In order to dispense with the variety of names and to allow users to
     call particular descriptions directly, each intro manpage was assigned
     a name extension indicating the manual and chapter to which it
     belongs. An attempt was made to use this convention for the older
     intro manpages, however inconsistently. The following is an overview
     of the previous and the current status.

              Old name      New name
     Manual   Up to V5.41   V5.42 or later          Chapters affected
     

     URM      intro         introurm        Ch. 1:  User Commands

     PRM      introccs     introprm1       Ch. 1:  Programmer Commands
              intro         introprm2       Ch. 2:  System Calls
              intro         introprm3       Ch. 3:  Functions of Library
              intro         introprm3m      Ch. 3M: Math Library
              introprm     introprm4       Ch. 4:  File Formats
              intro         introprm5       Ch. 5:  Miscellaneous Functions

     SARM     intro         introsarm1      Ch. 1M: System Administrator
                                                     Commands
              intro         introsarm4      Ch. 4:  File Formats
              intro         introsarm5      Ch. 5:  Miscellaneous Functions
              intro         introsarm7      Ch. 7:  Special Files
              intro         introsarm8      Ch. 8:  System Maintenance

     NETS *        -        intronet1       Ch. 1:  User Commands

     * NETS = "Networking Reference Manual" [new with SINIX V5.43].









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intro(1)                                                           intro(1)

     The individual intro manpages differ in quality and content. Some are
     very extensive, such as the intro manpage for chapters 2 and 3 of the
     PRM. This is a new manpage, in which the former descriptions of system
     calls, library functions, and the math library have been summarized in
     a single manpage. In other words: regardless of whether the user calls

          man introprm2

     or

          man introprm3

     or

          man introprm3m

     the same intro manpage is displayed, and the user must then search
     through it to find the relevant passages (note: for a detailed
     description of the more(1) pager, which simplifies searching, see the
     manpage of the same name or use the online call man more). The online
     version of each intro manpage is identical to the printed version in
     the relevant manual, which is convenient for looking up longer
     descriptions in the manual.

     Since the old intro manpages were replaced by those with name exten-
     sions, the calls

          man intro

     and

          man 1 intro

     will display only this general manpage to the user. All other intro
     manpages must be called using their new, extended names, e.g.

          man introsarm1

     etc.

SEE ALSO
     more(1).












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