INTRO(CP)                XENIX System V                 INTRO(CP)



     Name
          intro - Introduces XENIX Development System commands.

     Description
          This section describes use of the individual commands
          available in the XENIX Development System.  Each individual
          command is labeled with the letters CP to distinguish it
          from commands available in the XENIX Operating and Text
          Processing Systems.  These letters are used for easy
          reference from other documentation.  For example, the
          reference cc(CP) indicates a reference to a discussion of
          the cc command in this section, where the letter ``C''
          stands for ``Command'' and the letter ``P'' stands for
          ``Programming''.

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

                       name [options] [cmdarg]

          where:

          name         The filename or pathname of an executable file

          option       A single letter representing a command option.
                       By convention, most options are preceded with a
                       dash.  Option letters can sometimes be grouped
                       together as in -abcd or alternatively they are
                       specified individually as in -a -b -c -d . The
                       method of specifying options depends on the
                       syntax of the individual command.  In the
                       latter method of specifying options, arguments
                       can be given to the options. For example, the
                       -f option for many commands often takes a
                       following filename argument.

          cmdarg       A pathname or other command argument not
                       beginning with a dash.  It may also be a dash
                       alone by itself indicating the standard input.

     See Also
          getopt(C), getopt(S)

     Diagnostics
          Upon termination, each command returns 2 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(S) and exit(S)).  The
          former byte is 0 for normal termination; the latter is
          customarily 0 for successful execution and nonzero to



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          indicate troubles such as erroneous parameters, or bad or
          inaccessible data.  It is called variously ``exit code'',
          ``exit status'', or ``return code'', and is described only
          where special conventions are involved.

     Notes
          Not all commands adhere to the above syntax.
















































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