A/UX® Programmer's Reference Sections

those that contribute to the boot process and those that help with
the maintenance of file systems.
4. How a manual entry is organized
The name for a manual page entry nonnally appears twice, once in
each upper corner of a page. Like dictionary guide words, these names
appear at the top of every physical page. Mter each name is the section
number and, if applicable, a category letter enclosed in
parenthesis, such as (1) or (2N).
Some entries describe several routines or commands. For example,
chown and chgrp share a page with the name chown(l) at the
upper comers. If you tum to the page chgrp(1), you find a reference
to chown(1). (These cross-reference pages are only included in AIUX
Command Reference and AlUX System Administrator's Reference.)
All of the entries have a common format, and may include any of the
following parts:
NAME
is the name or names and a brief description.
SYNOPSIS
describes the syntax for using the command or routine.
DESCRIPTION
discusses what the program does.
FLAG OPTIONS
discusses the flag options.
EXAMPLES
gives an example or examples of usage.
RETURN VALUE
describes the value returned by a function.
ERRORS
describes the possible error conditions.
FILES
lists the filenames that are used by the program.
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