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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>
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        <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>
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        <SECT2 ID="UNIXARGS-MEM">
          <TITLE><LITERAL>-Xmsn -Xmxn</LITERAL></TITLE>
          <PARA>
    Use <LITERAL>-Xmsn</LITERAL> to specify the initial size, in bytes, of the
    memory allocation pool. This value must be a multiple of 1024 greater than
    1MB. Append the letter k or K to indicate kilobytes, or m or M to indicate
    megabytes.
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          <PARA>
    Use <LITERAL>-Xmxn</LITERAL> to specify the maximum size, in bytes, of the
    memory allocation pool. This value must a multiple of 1024 greater than
    2MB. Append the letter k or K to indicate kilobytes, or m or M to indicate
    megabytes.
          </PARA>
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