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      <SECT1 ID="UNIXARGS">
        <TITLE>UNIX Command Line Arguments for &prog;</TITLE>
        <PARA>
    As well as the listing file names on the command line, the following switches
    are available to UNIX users:
        </PARA>
    
        <SECT2 ID="UNIXARGS-QUIET">
          <TITLE><LITERAL>-quiet</LITERAL></TITLE>
          <PARA>
    This option tells &prog; to suppress normal informational messages while
    running.
          </PARA>
        </SECT2>
    
        <SECT2 ID="UNIXARGS-OPTIONS">
          <TITLE><LITERAL>-options</LITERAL></TITLE>
          <PARA>
    This option instructs &prog; to read an extra file of options after reading
    the standard options.  (See <XREF LINKEND="OPTIONS-INTRO"> for more about the
    &prog; options file.)
          </PARA>
          <PARA>
    For example <LITERAL>-options ./new_options</LITERAL> will instruct &prog; to
    read <LITERAL>new_options</LITERAL> in the current directory as an options
    file.
          </PARA>
        </SECT2>
    
        <SECT2 ID="UNIXARGS-FAST">
          <TITLE><LITERAL>-fast</LITERAL></TITLE>
          <PARA>
    On Digital Unix (AKA Tru64) the <LITERAL>-fast</LITERAL> flag selects the
    "fast" Java virtual machine, which usually gives &prog; a big speed boast.
    This isn't on by default because the fast VM uses a lot more memory and it
    isn't as reliable.
          </PARA>
        </SECT2>
      </SECT1>