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Introducing the File System

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How to Read and Use HP-UX Reference Manuals

This section outlines the various sections of HP-UX reference manuals and manual

pages. After reading this section you should understand the content and organization

of the manual set and how to interpret a manual page.

Manual Organization

Following is a brief description of the HP-UX reference manual sections you typi-

cally use:

• Section 1 User Commands

• Section 1M System Administration Commands

• Section 2 System Calls

• Section 3 Subroutines and Subroutine Libraries

• Section 4 File Formats

• Section 9 Glossary

“User Commands” describes programs that are usually invoked directly by users.

Commands are listed alphabetically.

“System Administrative Commands” describes commands used for system mainte-

nance pertaining to system administrator and super-user tasks. Commands are listed

alphabetically.

“System Calls” describes HP-UX kernel entries. System calls are listed alphabeti-

cally.

“Subroutines and Subroutine Libraries” describes subroutines that exist in various

system libraries.

“File Formats” documents the structure of various types of ﬁles.