1 02/21/85  area_status
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 3 Syntax as a command:  area_status virtual_pointer {-control_args}
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 6 Function: displays some information about an area.
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 9 Arguments:
10 virtual_pointer
11    is a virtual pointer specifier to the area to be looked at (see
12    virtual_pointers.gi).
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15 Control arguments:
16 -long, -lg
17    dumps the contents of each block in both octal and ASCII format.
18 -trace
19    displays a trace of all free and used blocks in the area.
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22 Notes: If the area has internal format errors, they are reported.  The
23 command does not report anything about (old) buddy system areas except
24 that the area is in an obsolete format.