A/UX® System Administrator's Reference Sections 1M, 7, and 8

Introduction
to the A/UX Reference Manuals
1. How to use the reference manuals
A/UX Command Reference, A/UX Programmer's Reference, and A/UX
System Administrator's Reference are reference manuals for all the programs,
utilities, and standard file formats included with your NUX®
system.
The reference manuals constitute a compact encyclopedia of A/UX
information. They are not intended to be tutorials or learning guides.
If you are new to NUX or are unfamiliar with a specific functional
area (such as the shells or the text formatting programs), you should
first read A/UX Essentials and the other NUX user guides. After you
have worked with NUX, the reference manuals help you understand
new features or refresh your memory about command features you
already know.
2. Information contained in the reference manuals
NUX reference manuals are divided into three volumes:
• The two-part A/UX Command Reference contains information
for the general user. It describes commands you type at the
NUX prompt that list your files, compile programs, format text,
change your shell, and so on. It also includes programs used in
scripts and command language procedures. The commands in
this manual generally reside in the directories /bin,
/usr/bin and /usr/ucb.
• The two-part A/UX Programmer's Reference contains information
for the programmer. It describes utilities for programming,
such as system calls, file formats of subroutines, and miscellaneous
programming facilities.
• A/UX System Administrator's Reference contains information for
the system administrator. It describes commands you type at the
NUX prompt to control your machine, such as accounting
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