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.\" Devin Reade, January 1997
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.\" $Id: intro.1,v 1.1 1997/02/27 07:32:10 gdr Exp $
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.\"
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.TH INTRO 1 "12 January 1997" GNO "Commands and Applications"
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.SH NAME
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Intro \- Introduction the manual pages, commands and applications
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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These are the manual pages for GNO/ME v2.0.6, the multitasking UNIX-like
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environment for the Apple IIgs. They are broken up into the following
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chapters or sections:
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.RS
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.nf
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1 Commands and Applications
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2 System Calls
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3 Library Routines
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3F Fortran Routines
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4 Devices
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5 File Formats
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6 Games
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7 Miscellaneous
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8 System Administration
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.fi
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.RE
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Within each chapter, the manual pages are sorted alphabetically.
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Chapter
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.BR 3F ,
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.IR "Fortran Routines" ,
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is not currently used, but that chapter is reserved for Fortran routines
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(intrinsic and external).
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.LP
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This page is the introduction to Chapter 1,
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.IR "Commands and Applications" .
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It covers all external user commands. It specifically excludes shell built-in
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commands, games, and programs intended for system administration.
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.LP
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For third party programs, it is the responsibility of the application
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programmer to provide suitable manual pages.
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.SH "COMMAND SYNTAX"
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Unless otherwise noted, commands described in the
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.BR SYNOPSIS
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section of a manual page accept options and other arguments
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according to the following syntax and should be interpreted as explained
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below:
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.RS
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.sp 1
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.BR name
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[ \fB-option\fR [ \fIoptarg\fR ] ... ] [ \fIarg\fR ... ]
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.sp 1
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.RE
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where:
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.RS
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.IP \fBname\fR
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is the name of the executable file.
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.IP \fB-option\fR
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is a single character option flag, almost always preceeded by a hyphen.
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Programs which make use of the GNU
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.BR getopt (3)
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package may also use long options, which are multi-character options
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preceeded by two hypens (such as
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.BR --recursive .)
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.IP \fIoptarg\fR
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is the option argument, if required.
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.IP \fIarg\fR
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is a regular argument, if required.
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.IP "[ ]"
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Surround an
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.BR option
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or
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.IR argument
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that is optional.
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.IP "..."
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indicate multiple occurances of the preceeding symbol.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.I "GNO Shell User's Manual"
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